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[css-align-3] Add note about when the axis for left/right doesn't match the element's left/right axis. Fixes w3c#2991.
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@@ -327,16 +327,24 @@ Positional Alignment: the ''center'', ''start'', ''end'', ''self-start'', ''self
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the <a>alignment container</a>’s <a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/css3-writing-modes/#line-left">line-left</a>
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or <a>physical left</a> edge,
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whichever is in the appropriate axis.
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If the property's axis is not parallel with either left↔right axis,
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this value behaves as ''start''.
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<span class=note>Currently, the only case where the property's axis
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is not parallel with either left↔right axis
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is in a column flexbox.</span>
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<dt><dfn for="justify-content, justify-self, justify-items">right</dfn> <small>(only 'justify-*')</small>
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<dd>Aligns the <a>alignment subject</a> to be flush with
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the <a>alignment container</a>’s <a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/css3-writing-modes/#line-right">line-right</a>
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or <a>physical right</a> edge,
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whichever is in the appropriate axis.
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If the property's axis is not parallel with either left↔right axis,
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this value behaves as ''start''.
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<span class=note>Currently, the only case where the property's axis
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is not parallel with either left↔right axis
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is in a column flexbox.</span>
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</dl>
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Two grammar terms are used to denote certain subsets of these values:

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