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Author: howcom

css3-gcpm/Overview.html

@@ -3044,10 +3044,12 @@ <h2 id=page-floats><span class=secno>12. </span>Page floats</h2>
   <p>
 
   <div class=example> <img alt="sample rendering" src=regions.png>
+   <p>In this example, a commonly used newspaper layout is easily described:
+
    <pre>
-body { columns: 3 }
-img.A { column-span: 2; width: 100% }
-.one { column-span: 2 }
+body { columns: 3 } 
+img.A { column-span: 2; width: 100% }  /* image spans two columns */
+.one { column-span: 2 }                /* lead paragraph spans two columns */
 </pre>
   </div>
 
@@ -3647,18 +3649,17 @@ <h3>Turning columns into regions</h3>
     (which appears first in the markup) spans two columns and is floated to
     the top, thereby escaping its natural column. The first column, which
     holds the start of the textual content is also floated to the top,
-    spanning two columns, and therefore ends up just under the image. Du to
-    the &lsquo;<code class=css>visibility: collapse</code>&rsquo; setting on
-    the first column, the second column will move into its space.
+    spanning two columns, and therefore ends up just under the image. When
+    the first column/region is floated away, the second column will move into
+    its space.
 
    <pre>
 article { columns: 3 }
 img { column-span: 2; width: 100%; float: top }
-article::column(1) {    /* selects column 1 */
+article::region(1) {    /* selects column 1 */
   column-span: 2;
   float: top;
-  visibility: collapse; /* so that column 2 moves in */
-  height: 3em;          /* or something */
+  height: 3em;          /* sets preferred height of region */
 }  
 
 &lt;article>