ellipse both characters / inline atomic elements, and clip rather than ellipse first of those on the line.

Author: Tantek Çelik

css3-ui/Overview.html

@@ -47,12 +47,12 @@
    src="http://www.w3.org/Icons/w3c_home" width=72> </a>
    <h1>CSS Basic User Interface Module Level 3</h1>
 
-   <h2 class="no-num no-toc" id=longstatus-date>Editor's Draft 14 December
-    2011</h2>
+   <h2 class="no-num no-toc" id=longstatus-date>Editor's Draft 11 January
+    2012</h2>
 
    <dl>
     <dt>This version:</dt>
-    <!-- <dd><a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2011/ED-css3-ui-20111214">http://www.w3.org/TR/2011/ED-css3-ui-20111214</a></dd> -->
+    <!-- <dd><a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2012/ED-css3-ui-20120111">http://www.w3.org/TR/2012/ED-css3-ui-20120111</a></dd> -->
 
     <dd><a
      href="http://dev.w3.org/csswg/css3-ui/">http://dev.w3.org/csswg/css3-ui/</a>
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ <h2 class="no-num no-toc" id=longstatus-date>Editor's Draft 14 December
    <!--begin-copyright-->
    <p class=copyright><a
     href="http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Legal/ipr-notice#Copyright"
-    rel=license>Copyright</a> &copy; 2011 <a
+    rel=license>Copyright</a> &copy; 2012 <a
     href="http://www.w3.org/"><acronym
     title="World Wide Web Consortium">W3C</acronym></a><sup>&reg;</sup> (<a
     href="http://www.csail.mit.edu/"><acronym
@@ -2106,12 +2106,14 @@ <h3 id=text-overflow><span class=secno>8.2. </span> Overflow Ellipsis: the
    value applies to the right edge.
 
   <p> For the ellipsis and string values, implementations must hide
-   characters at the applicable edge(s) of the line as necessary to fit the
-   ellipsis/string. Place the ellipsis/string immediately adjacent to the
-   applicable edge(s) of the remaining inline content. When an <a
+   characters and <a
    href="http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/visuren.html#inline-boxes"> atomic
-   inline-level element</a> is at an applicable edge of the line, such an
-   element is to be clipped rather than ellipsed.
+   inline-level elements</a> at the applicable edge(s) of the line as
+   necessary to fit the ellipsis/string. Place the ellipsis/string
+   immediately adjacent to the applicable edge(s) of the remaining inline
+   content. The first character or <a
+   href="http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/visuren.html#inline-boxes"> atomic
+   inline-level element</a> on a line must be clipped rather than ellipsed.
 
   <h4 class="no-num no-toc" id=ellipsing-details>ellipsing details</h4>
 

css3-ui/Overview.src.html

@@ -1167,15 +1167,17 @@ <h3 id="text-overflow">
 <p>
 For the ellipsis 
 and string values,
-implementations must hide characters 
+implementations must hide characters and 
+<a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/visuren.html#inline-boxes">
+atomic inline-level elements</a> 
 at the applicable edge(s) of the line as necessary to fit the ellipsis/string. 
 Place the ellipsis/string immediately adjacent 
 to the applicable edge(s) of the remaining inline content.
-When an 
+The first character or 
 <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/visuren.html#inline-boxes">
 atomic inline-level element</a> 
-is at an applicable edge of the line, 
-such an element is to be clipped rather than ellipsed.
+on a line
+must be clipped rather than ellipsed.
 </p>
 
 <h4 class="no-num no-toc">ellipsing details</h4>