reworking column-span

Author: howcome

css-gcpm/Overview.src.html

@@ -2839,8 +2839,6 @@ <h3>Spanning columns</h3>
 
 <p>The 'column-span' property is extended with integer values so that elements can span several columns. If the specified integer value is equal to, or larger than the number of columns in the multicol element, the number of columns spanned will be the same as if 'column-span: all' had been specified.
 
-
-
 <div class=example>
 <p>In this example, a commonly used newspaper layout is easily described:
 <pre>
@@ -2851,6 +2849,21 @@ <h3>Spanning columns</h3>
 <img alt="sample rendering" src=regions.png>
 </div>
 
+<p>Further, the 'page' value is added to 'column-span' so that the page (and not the column or element) becomes the reference. 
+
+<div class=example>
+<p>In this example, the footer is floated to the bottom of the last page (and not the bottom of the article element):
+
+<pre>
+footer { float: bottom; colum-span: page }
+
+&lt;article>
+  ...
+  &lt;footer>...&lt;.footer>
+&lt;/article>
+</pre>
+</div>
+
 
 <h3>Deferring floats: float-defer-column, float-defer-page</h3>
 
@@ -3242,6 +3255,49 @@ <h3>Floating inside and outside pages</h3>
 <p class=issue>Should there be a way to combine float: top/bottom with left/right?
 <p class=issue>Should there be a way to delete page floats that end up lonesome on pages?
 
+<!--
+
+<h3>Float reference</h3>
+
+<table class=propdef>
+    <tr>
+      <td><em>Name:</em>
+      <td><dfn>float-reference</dfn>
+    <tr>
+      <td><em>Value:</em>
+    <td>auto | page
+    <tr>
+      <td><em>Initial:</em>
+      <td>auto
+    <tr>
+      <td><em>Applies to:</em>
+      <td>floated elements
+    <tr>
+      <td><em>Inherited:</em>
+      <td>no
+    <tr>
+      <td><em>Percentages:</em>
+      <td>N/A
+    <tr>
+      <td><em>Media:</em>
+      <td>visual, paged
+    <tr>
+      <td><em>Computed&nbsp;value:</em>
+      <td>as specified
+</table>
+
+<p>This property indicates the reference for page floats. Values are:
+
+<dl>
+<dt>auto
+<dd>the column or the element is the reference
+<dt>page
+<dd>the page is the reference
+</dl>
+
+<p class=issue>Should this be a value on 'column-span' instead? E.g.: 'column-span: page'?
+
+-->
 
 <h2>Page and column floats, alternative syntax</h2>