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Per discussion at face-to-face meeting, expand on abstract (mentioning XUL), and distinguish current and former editors.
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<h1 id=head-box-flexible>Flexible Box Layout Module</h1>
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<h2 class="no-num no-toc" id=w3c-working>Editor's Draft, 12 May 2009</h2>
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<h2 class="no-num no-toc" id=w3c-working>Editor's Draft, 10 June 2009</h2>
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<dt>This version:
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<dd><!-- <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2009/WD-css3-flexbox-20090610/">http://www.w3.org/TR/2009/WD-css3-flexbox-20090610/</a></dd> -->
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<dd>L. David Baron, Mozilla Corporation, <a
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href="mailto:dbaron@dbaron.org">dbaron@dbaron.org</a>
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<dt>Authors and former editors:
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<dd>Neil Deakin, Mozilla Corporation, <a
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href="mailto:enndeakin@sympatico.ca">enndeakin@sympatico.ca</a>
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<dd>Ian Hickson, Opera Software, <a
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<dd>Ian Hickson, formerly of Opera Software, <a
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<h2 class="no-num no-toc" id=abstract><a name=abstract>Abstract</a></h2>
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<p>The draft describes a CSS box model optimised for interface design. <a
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href="#CSS21" rel=biblioentry>[CSS21]<!--{{!CSS21}}--></a>
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<p>The draft describes a CSS box model optimised for interface design. It
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provides an additional layout system alongside the ones already in CSS. <a
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href="#CSS21" rel=biblioentry>[CSS21]<!--{{!CSS21}}--></a> In this new box
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model, the children of a box are laid out either horizontally or
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vertically, and unused space can be assigned to a particular child or
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distributed among the children by assignment of &ldquo;flex&rdquo; to the
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children that should expand. Nesting of these boxes (horizontal inside
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vertical, or vertical inside horizontal) can be used to build layouts in
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two dimensions. This model is based on the box model in the XUL
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user-interface language used for the user interface of many Mozilla-based
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applications (such as Firefox).
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<dt>Editors:
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<dd>L. David Baron, Mozilla Corporation, <a href="mailto:dbaron@dbaron.org">dbaron@dbaron.org</a>
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<dt>Authors and former editors:
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<dd>Neil Deakin, Mozilla Corporation, <a href="mailto:enndeakin@sympatico.ca">enndeakin@sympatico.ca</a>
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<dd>Ian Hickson, Opera Software, <a href="mailto:ian@hixie.ch">ian@hixie.ch</a>
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<dd>Ian Hickson, formerly of Opera Software, <a href="mailto:ian@hixie.ch">ian@hixie.ch</a>
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<p>The draft describes a CSS box model optimised for interface design.
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[[!CSS21]]
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It provides an additional layout system alongside the ones already in
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CSS. [[!CSS21]] In this new box model, the children of a box are
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laid out either horizontally or vertically, and unused space can be
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assigned to a particular child or distributed among the children by
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assignment of &ldquo;flex&rdquo; to the children that should expand.
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Nesting of these boxes (horizontal inside vertical, or vertical inside
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horizontal) can be used to build layouts in two dimensions. This
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model is based on the box model in the XUL user-interface language
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used for the user interface of many Mozilla-based applications
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(such as Firefox).</p>
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<h2 class="no-num no-toc" id="table"><a name="contents">Table of
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