[Webkit-unassigned] [Bug 18610] text-indent: negative not supported

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https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=18610


webkit at blaut.biz changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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                 CC|                            |webkit at blaut.biz,
                   |                            |ian at hixie.ch
             Status|UNCONFIRMED                 |NEW
     Ever Confirmed|0                           |1




------- Comment #2 from webkit at blaut.biz  2009-01-06 00:39 PDT -------
(In reply to comment #1)
> This is failing because of the astronamically big number to which the
> text-indent is set, it also fails in Firefox 3.
> 
> Per CSS spec:
> "The value of 'text-indent' may be negative, but there may be
> implementation-specific limits."
> 
> Personally, I don't think this would be worth fixing... but then again, I can't
> say I have any authority on this matter. Heh.
> 

Anatoli, notice other quote from CSS 2.1 specification:

"If a negative length value cannot be supported, it should be converted to the
nearest value that can be supported." 

So big negative numbers should not be ignored, it should be "decreased" to 
supported value. Am I right, Ian?


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