Short rows in a template are an error. They are not automatically

padded with ".". (WG decision 11 Apr 2012.)

Author: bert-github

css3-layout/Overview.src.html

@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@
 profile="http://microformats.org/profile/hcard http://microformats.org/wiki/rel-license">
 <title>CSS Grid Template Layout Module</title>
 <meta content="text/html; charset=utf-8" http-equiv=content-type>
-<link rel=contents href="#contents">
-<link rel=index href="#index">
 <link href="default.css" rel=stylesheet type="text/css">
 
 <style type="text/css">
@@ -835,15 +833,13 @@ <h3 id=grid-template> Declaring a template: 'grid-template'</h3>
 
 <p>Non-rectangular slots and multiple slots with the same letter are
 illegal. A template without any letter or “*” is illegal. A template
-with more than one “*” slot is illegal. These errors cause the
-declaration to be ignored.
+with more than one “*” slot is illegal. Strings with different numbers
+of columns are illegal. These errors cause the declaration to be
+ignored.
 
 <p class=note>Note: non-rectangular and disconnected regions may be
 permitted in a future update of CSS.
 
-<p>Rows with fewer columns than other rows are implicitly padded with
-periods (“.”).
-
 <p>Each slot (letter or “*”) acts as a block element for its contents.
 
 <p>If the value is ''none'', then no explicit slots are defined. If
@@ -4009,6 +4005,9 @@ <h2 id=changes>Changes</h2>
 href="/TR/2011/WD-css3-layout-20111129/" >29 November 2011 draft:</a>
 
 <ul>
+<li>Short rows in a template aren't automatically padded with '.', but
+make the template illegal. <!-- WG decision 11 Apr 2012 -->
+
 <li>Added a <a href="#accessibility" >note about accessibility.</a>
 
 <li>Instead of directly on 'display', the grid template is now