@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ Reordering and Accessibility</h3>
261261 (placing the next item endward of the current item in at least one axis,
262262 matching the natural “reading order”),
263263 it can switch between endward in the inline or block axis in a seemingly arbitrary manner.
264- In simple cases, the 'item -tolerance' property can help reduce
264+ In simple cases, the 'flow -tolerance' property can help reduce
265265 the feeling of backtracking due to small sizing differences in the [=stacking axis=]
266266 when laying out auto-placed items.
267267 But when [[#grid-lanes-layout-algorithm|auto-placement]] is mixed with [=definite position|explicit placement=] or spanning items,
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ Reordering and Accessibility</h3>
321321
322322 <div class=note>
323323 Techniques for reducing backtracking include:
324- * Using appropriate values for 'item -tolerance' ,
324+ * Using appropriate values for 'flow -tolerance' ,
325325 i.e. values large enough to avoid gratuitous differentiation among similarly-sized tracks,
326326 but not so large that meaningful differences get ignored.
327327 * Using explicit placement in ways that help group related items together,
@@ -761,10 +761,10 @@ Specifying Grid Axis Item Placement: the 'grid-column-*' and 'grid-row-*' proper
761761 and establish placement just as in regular [=grid layout=] .
762762
763763<h3 id=placement-tolerance oldids="item-slack">
764- Placement Precision: the 'item -tolerance' property</h3>
764+ Placement Precision: the 'flow -tolerance' property</h3>
765765
766766 <pre class=propdef>
767- Name : item -tolerance
767+ Name : flow -tolerance
768768 Value : normal | <<length-percentage>> | infinite
769769 Initial : normal
770770 Percentages : relative to the [=grid-axis=] [=content box=] size of the [=grid lanes container=]
@@ -783,11 +783,11 @@ Placement Precision: the 'item-tolerance' property</h3>
783783 it can look strange to have them not fill in order,
784784 as the height differences aren't perceived as <em> meaningfully</em> different.
785785
786- The 'item -tolerance' property specifies what the threshold is
786+ The 'flow -tolerance' property specifies what the threshold is
787787 for considering tracks to be “the same height”,
788788 causing them to fill in order.
789789
790- <dl dfn-type=value dfn-for=item-slack >
790+ <dl dfn-type=value dfn-for=flow-tolerance >
791791 : <dfn><<length-percentage>></dfn>
792792 :: Specifies the <dfn dfn for="grid lanes">tie threshold</dfn>
793793 for the [=grid lanes container=] .
@@ -836,8 +836,6 @@ Placement Precision: the 'item-tolerance' property</h3>
836836 only the fourth column is a possible placement.
837837 </div>
838838
839- ISSUE(10884): The CSSWG is open to better names for this property.
840-
841839 Note: We expect to apply this property to [=flex layout=] in the future also,
842840 see <a href='https://github.com/w3c/csswg-drafts/issues/3071'>discussions</a>
843841 on how that might work.
@@ -1332,8 +1330,8 @@ Appendix A: Generic Layout Item Flow Controls: the 'item-*' properties</h2>
13321330 <td>
13331331 <td> 'grid-auto-flow'
13341332 <tr>
1335- <td> 'item -tolerance'
1336- <td> 'item -tolerance'
1333+ <td> 'flow -tolerance'
1334+ <td> 'flow -tolerance'
13371335 <td> normal | <<length-percentage>> | infinite
13381336 <td>
13391337 Defines a layout-specific amount of “slack” in placement decisions.
@@ -1534,7 +1532,7 @@ Item Placement Shorthand: the 'item-flow' shorthand</h3>
15341532
15351533 <pre class="propdef shorthand">
15361534 Name : item-flow
1537- Value : <<'item-direction'>> || <<'item-wrap'>> || <<'item-pack'>> || <<'item -tolerance'>>
1535+ Value : <<'item-direction'>> || <<'item-wrap'>> || <<'item-pack'>> || <<'flow -tolerance'>>
15381536 </pre>
15391537
15401538 This [=shorthand property=] sets all its 'item-*' [=longhand properties=]
@@ -1598,7 +1596,6 @@ Recent Changes</h3>
15981596
15991597 The following changes have been made since the
16001598 <a href='https://www.w3.org/TR/2025/WD-css-grid-3-20250917/'>17 September 2025 Working Draft</a> :
1601-
16021599 * Defined a new inner display type, ''display/grid-lanes'' , to establish [=grid lanes layout=] ,
16031600 and updated spec vocabulary to match.
16041601 (<a href="https://github.com/w3c/csswg-drafts/issues/12022">Issue 12022</a> )
@@ -1608,6 +1605,8 @@ Recent Changes</h3>
16081605 (<a href="https://github.com/w3c/csswg-drafts/issues/12899">Issue 12899</a> )
16091606 * Floored the contribution of items to a track's [=running position=] at zero.
16101607 (<a href="https://github.com/w3c/csswg-drafts/issues/12918">Issue 12918</a> )
1608+ * Renamed ''item-tolerance'' to ''flow-tolerance'' .
1609+ (<a href="https://github.com/w3c/csswg-drafts/issues/10884">Issue 10884</a> )
16111610
16121611 See also <a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/2025/WD-css-grid-3-20250917/#recent-changes">earlier changes</a> .
16131612
@@ -1782,18 +1781,18 @@ item-placement/grid-lanes-item-placement-006.html
17821781item-placement/grid-lanes-item-placement-007.html
17831782item-placement/grid-lanes-item-placement-008.html
17841783item-placement/grid-lanes-rows-with-grid-width-changed.html
1785- item-placement/item -tolerance/column-initial-item -tolerance.html
1786- item-placement/item -tolerance/column-item -tolerance-infinite.html
1787- item-placement/item -tolerance/item -tolerance-column-001.html
1788- item-placement/item -tolerance/item -tolerance-column-002.html
1789- item-placement/item -tolerance/item -tolerance-column-003.html
1790- item-placement/item -tolerance/item -tolerance-column-004.html
1791- item-placement/item -tolerance/item -tolerance-row-001.html
1792- item-placement/item -tolerance/item -tolerance-row-002.html
1793- item-placement/item -tolerance/item -tolerance-row-003.html
1794- item-placement/item -tolerance/item -tolerance-row-004.html
1795- item-placement/item -tolerance/row-initial-item -tolerance.html
1796- item-placement/item -tolerance/row-item -tolerance-infinite.html
1784+ item-placement/flow -tolerance/column-initial-flow -tolerance.html
1785+ item-placement/flow -tolerance/column-flow -tolerance-infinite.html
1786+ item-placement/flow -tolerance/flow -tolerance-column-001.html
1787+ item-placement/flow -tolerance/flow -tolerance-column-002.html
1788+ item-placement/flow -tolerance/flow -tolerance-column-003.html
1789+ item-placement/flow -tolerance/flow -tolerance-column-004.html
1790+ item-placement/flow -tolerance/flow -tolerance-row-001.html
1791+ item-placement/flow -tolerance/flow -tolerance-row-002.html
1792+ item-placement/flow -tolerance/flow -tolerance-row-003.html
1793+ item-placement/flow -tolerance/flow -tolerance-row-004.html
1794+ item-placement/flow -tolerance/row-initial-flow -tolerance.html
1795+ item-placement/flow -tolerance/row-flow -tolerance-infinite.html
17971796item-placement/row-auto-placement-001.html
17981797item-placement/row-auto-placement-002.html
17991798item-placement/row-auto-placement-max-content.html
@@ -1866,9 +1865,9 @@ parsing/grid-lanes-shorthand-computed.html
18661865parsing/grid-lanes-shorthand-invalid.html
18671866parsing/grid-lanes-shorthand-serialization.html
18681867parsing/grid-lanes-shorthand-valid.html
1869- parsing/item -tolerance-computed.html
1870- parsing/item -tolerance-invalid.html
1871- parsing/item -tolerance-valid.html
1868+ parsing/flow -tolerance-computed.html
1869+ parsing/flow -tolerance-invalid.html
1870+ parsing/flow -tolerance-valid.html
18721871row-empty-grid-lanes-container-001.html
18731872row-empty-grid-lanes-container-002.html
18741873row-min-max-content-container.html
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