[css2] Fixed statements about min/max widths based on Hakon comments, put in CSS1-like statement about minimum widths imposed by UA

ianbjacobs · ianbjacobs · commit 1bec6df1b52d · 1998-02-23T21:22:22.000Z
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diff --git a/css2/visudet.src b/css2/visudet.src
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
 <html lang="en">
-<!-- $Id: visudet.src,v 2.8 1998-02-21 04:32:43 ijacobs Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Id: visudet.src,v 2.9 1998-02-23 21:22:22 ijacobs Exp $ -->
 <HEAD>
 <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1">
 <TITLE>Visual rendering model details</TITLE>
@@ -760,11 +760,10 @@ box's <a href="cascade.html#computed-value">computed</a> width.  (Note
 that for other values of <span class="propinst-width">'width'</span>,
 the replaced contents may be scaled).
 
-<li>Authors (and user agents) may specify <a
-href="#min-max-widths">minimum and maximum</a> computed values for the
-<span class="propinst-width">'width'</span> property via the <span
-class="propinst-min-width">'min-width'</span> and <span
-class="propinst-max-width">'max-width'</span> properties.
+<li><a href="#min-max-widths">Minimum and maximum</a> computed values
+for the <span class="propinst-width">'width'</span> property may be
+assigned with the <span class="propinst-min-width">'min-width'</span>
+and <span class="propinst-max-width">'max-width'</span> properties.
 </ol>
 
 <h4><a name="comp-margin-widths">Computing margin widths</a></h4>
@@ -874,6 +873,14 @@ class="propinst-min-width">'min-width'</span>, the computed value of
 
 </OL>
 
+<P>The user agent may define a non-negative minimum value for the
+<span class="propinst-width">'width'</span> property (that may vary
+from element to element and even depend on other properties). If <span
+class="propinst-width">'width'</span> goes below this limit, either
+because it was set explicitly, or because it was 'auto' and the rules
+below would make it too small, the user agent may use the minimum
+value as the computed value.
+
 <H2><a name="box-height">Box height calculations</a></H2>
 
 <P>As discussed in the section on <a
@@ -939,11 +946,10 @@ box's <a href="cascade.html#computed-value">computed</a> height.  (Note
 that for other values of <span class="propinst-height">'height'</span>,
 the replaced contents may be scaled).
 
-<li>Authors (and user agents) may specify <a
-href="#min-max-heights">minimum and maximum</a> computed values for the
-<span class="propinst-height">'height'</span> property via the <span
-class="propinst-min-height">'min-height'</span> and <span
-class="propinst-max-height">'max-height'</span> properties.
+<li><a href="#min-max-widths">Minimum and maximum</a> computed values
+for the <span class="propinst-height">'height'</span> property may be
+assigned with the <span class="propinst-min-height">'min-height'</span>
+and <span class="propinst-max-height">'max-height'</span> properties.
 </ol>
 
 <H3>Height of absolutely positioned elements</H3>
@@ -970,7 +976,6 @@ exactly the height of its <a href="#containing-block">containing block</a>.
 class="propinst-min-height">'min-height'</span> and <span
 class="propinst-max-height">'max-height'</span></h3>
 
-
 <P>It is sometimes useful to constrain the height of elements to a
 certain range. Two properties offer this functionality:
 
