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--- ideas:principles [2018/11/01 14:53] – created fantasai
+++ ideas:principles [2019/07/05 19:49] – fantasai
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 See [[https://www.w3.org/TR/CSS2/intro.html#design-principles|CSS2 Design Principles]], [[http://fantasai.inkedblade.net/weblog/2012/css-layout-evolution/#principles|Evolution of CSS Layout: Principles]], [[http://fantasai.inkedblade.net/style/talks/designing-css/|Designing CSS slide deck]] for higher-level design principles.
-; Transparency Principle
+  ; Transparency Principle
-: Inserting an unstyled block in a block formatting context (as sibling, parent, child or intermediary) / unstyled inline in an inline formatting context should have no effect on styling.
+  : Inserting an unstyled block in a block formatting context (as sibling, parent, child or intermediary) / unstyled inline in an inline formatting context should have no effect on styling.
-; Lea Verou Principle
+  ; Lea Verou Reordering Principle
-: If it can be unambiguously reordered, it should be reorderable.
+  : If it can be unambiguously reordered, it should be reorderable.
-; Pass-through Auto-sizing Principle
+  ; Pass-through Auto-sizing Principle
-: `auto` as a size generally passes down any min/max-content constraints, and passes up through it the min/max-content contribution
+  : `auto` as a size generally passes down any min/max-content constraints, and passes up through it the min/max-content contribution
+  ; Resolved Values Round-Trip Principle
+  : If you write the result of ''getComputedStyle()'' back into the property, the resulting rendering of that element (inheritance aside) should remain stable.
+  ; DBaron's Degrees of Freedom Caveat
+  : When the platform has too many degrees of freedom in it, developers aren't able to test what they're doing well enough. [This results in buggy web pages, particularly on minority systems, and is therefore bad.]
+  ; Roc Principle of Spec-writing
+  : If Robert O'Callahan is unhappy with your spec, you're the one who's wrong.