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[css-ui] Clarify the usage of 'end' 'right' and 'left' for ellipsis
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rel=biblioentry>[CSS3COLOR]<!--{{!CSS3COLOR}}--></a>
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<li><a href="#ref-CSS21" rel=biblioentry>[CSS21]<!--{{!CSS21}}--></a>
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<li><a href="#ref-CSS-WRITING-MODES-3"
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rel=biblioentry>[CSS-WRITING-MODES-3]<!--{{!CSS-WRITING-MODES-3}}--></a><!--for end, start, line-left, line-end-->
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readability and means "grapheme cluster" <a href="#ref-UAX29"
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rel=biblioentry>[UAX29]<!--{{!UAX29}}--></a> for implementation purposes.
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<p> If there is one value, it applies only to the end line edge. If there
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are two values, the first value applies to the left edge, and the second
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value applies to the right edge.
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<p> If there is one value, it applies only to the <a>end</a> line edge. If
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there are two values, the first value applies to the <a>line-left</a>
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edge, and the second value applies to the <a>line-right</a> edge. The
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terms <a>end</a>, <a>line-left</a> and <a>line-right</a> are defined in <a
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href="#ref-CSS-WRITING-MODES-3"
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rel=biblioentry>[CSS-WRITING-MODES-3]<!--{{!CSS-WRITING-MODES-3}}--></a>.
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<p class=note> Note: the use of <a>line-left</a> and <a>line-right</a>
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rather than <a>start</a> and <a>end</a> when there are two values is
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intentional, to facilitate the use of directional characters such as
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arrows.
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<p> For the ellipsis and string values, implementations must hide
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characters and <a
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<dt id=ref-CSS-WRITING-MODES-3>[CSS-WRITING-MODES-3]
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<dd>fantasai; Koji Ishii. <a
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href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2014/CR-css-writing-modes-3-20140320/"><cite>CSS
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Writing Modes Level 3.</cite></a> 20 March 2014. W3C Candidate
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Recommendation. (Work in progress.) URL: <a
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href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2014/CR-css-writing-modes-3-20140320/">http://www.w3.org/TR/2014/CR-css-writing-modes-3-20140320/</a>
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<dt id=ref-CSS21>[CSS21]
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<dd>Bert Bos; et al. <a

‎css-ui/Overview.src.html‎

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<li>[[!CSS21]]</li>
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<li>[[!CSS3-WRITING-MODES]]<!--for end, start, line-left, line-end--></li>
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If there is one value,
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it applies only to the end line edge.
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it applies only to the <a>end</a> line edge.
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If there are two values,
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the first value applies to the left edge,
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and the second value applies to the right edge.
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the first value applies to the <a>line-left</a> edge,
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and the second value applies to the <a>line-right</a> edge.
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The terms <a>end</a>, <a>line-left</a> and <a>line-right</a> are defined in [[!CSS3-WRITING-MODES]].
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</p>
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<p class="note">
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Note: the use of <a>line-left</a> and <a>line-right</a>
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rather than <a>start</a> and <a>end</a>
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when there are two values is intentional,
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to facilitate the use of directional characters such as arrows.
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