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[css-overflow-3] clarify the allowance for inserting the block ellipsis visually
See w3c#2905
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@@ -875,9 +875,15 @@ Indicating Block-Axis Overflow: the 'block-ellipsis' property</h3>
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If there is no next <a>fragmentation container</a>
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and thus the remainder of the content after the break would be discarded,
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then the UA may visually replace the contents of the line,
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then the UA may instead visually replace the contents of the line,
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as it does for 'text-overflow'.
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Note: Allowing the UA to visually replace the content of the line as with 'text-overflow'
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is allowed as an implementation convenience,
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to avoid blocking the whole feature on a comparatively small detail.
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However, that behavior is less desirable,
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and may be removed in later levels of this specification.
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If there is a subsequent <a>fragmentation container</a> in the [=fragmentation context=]
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that would receive subsequent content,
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then the content displaced by the <a>block overflow ellipsis</a>

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