@@ -2309,51 +2309,67 @@ Purely Physical Mappings</h3>
23092309 </ul>
23102310-->
23112311
2312- <h2 id="special-elements">
2313- Initial Containing Block, Page, and Special Elements</h2>
2314-
2315- <h3 id="propagate-to-icb">
2316- Propagating to the Initial Containing Block</h3>
2317-
2318- <p> The values of the 'direction' and the 'writing-mode' properties of the root element
2319- are propagated to the initial containing block and sets the block flow
2320- direction of the initial block formatting context.
2321-
2322- <p> If the root element has body child elements [[!HTML5]] ,
2323- user agents must propagate the computed values of
2324- the 'writing-mode' and the 'direction' properties
2325- from the first body child element
2326- to the root element
2327- before they are propagated to the initial containing block.
2328- The propagated values are treated as if they were specified on the root element.
2312+ <h2 id="principal-flow">
2313+ The Principal Writing Mode</h2>
2314+
2315+ <p> The <dfn export>principal writing mode</dfn> of the document
2316+ is determined by the 'writing-mode' and 'direction' values
2317+ specified on the root element.
2318+ This writing mode is used, for example,
2319+ to determine the direction of scrolling
2320+ and the default <a>page progression</a> direction.
2321+
2322+ <p> As a special case for handling HTML documents,
2323+ if the root element has a <code> <body></code> child element [[!HTML5]] ,
2324+ the <a>principal writing mode</a> is instead taken
2325+ from the values of 'writing-mode' and 'direction' on the first such child element
2326+ instead of taken from the root element.
2327+ Note that this does not affect the values of 'writing-mode' or 'direction'
2328+ on the root element itself.
2329+
2330+ <h3 id="icb">
2331+ Propagation to the Initial Containing Block</h3>
2332+
2333+ <p> The <a>principal writing mode</a> is propagated to
2334+ the <a>initial containing block</a>
2335+ and to the viewport,
2336+ thereby affecting the layout of the root element
2337+ and the scrolling direction of the viewport.
2338+
2339+ Issue: Does it also propagate to @page boxes?
23292340
23302341<h3 id="page-direction">
23312342Page Flow: the page progression direction</h2>
23322343
2333- <p> The <dfn export>principal writing mode</dfn> of the
2334- document is determined by the 'writing-mode' and 'direction' values
2335- specified on the root element. This writing mode is used, for example,
2336- to determine the default page progression direction. (See [[CSS3PAGE]] .)
2337-
2338- <p> In paged media CSS2.1 classifies all pages as either left or right pages.
2339- The page progression direction, which determines whether the left or right
2340- page in a spread is first in the flow and whether the first page is by
2341- default a left or right page, depends on the writing direction as follows:
2344+ <p> In paged media CSS classifies all pages as either left or right pages.
2345+ The <a>page progression</a> direction (see [[CSS3PAGE]] ),
2346+ which determines whether the left or right page in a spread is first in the flow
2347+ and whether the first page is by default a left or right page,
2348+ depends on the <a>principal writing mode</a> as follows:
23422349
2343- <ol>
2344- <li> If the root element's 'writing-mode' is ''vertical-rl'' ,
2345- the page progression is right-to-left.
2346- <li> Otherwise if the root element's 'writing-mode' is ''vertical-lr'' ,
2347- the page progression is left-to-right.
2348- <li> Otherwise if the root element's 'direction' is ''rtl'' ,
2349- the page progression is right-to-left.
2350- <li> Otherwise
2351- the page progression is left-to-right.
2352- </ol>
2350+ <table class="data">
2351+ <thead>
2352+ <tr>
2353+ <th> <a>principal writing mode</a>
2354+ <th> <a>page progression</a>
2355+ <tbody>
2356+ <tr>
2357+ <td> ''horizontal-tb'' and ''ltr''
2358+ <td> left-to-right
2359+ <tr>
2360+ <td> ''horizontal-tb'' and ''rtl''
2361+ <td> right-to-left
2362+ <tr>
2363+ <td> ''vertical-rl'' or ''sideways-rl''
2364+ <td> right-to-left
2365+ <tr>
2366+ <td> ''vertical-lr'' or ''sideways-lr''
2367+ <td> left-to-right
2368+ </table>
23532369
2354- <p> ( Unless otherwise overridden, the first page of a document begins on the
2355- second half of a spread, e.g. on the right page in a left-to-right page
2356- progression.)
2370+ Note: Unless otherwise overridden,
2371+ the first page of a document begins on the second half of a spread,
2372+ e.g. on the right page in a left-to-right page progression.
23572373
23582374<h2 id="text-combine">
23592375Glyph Composition</h2>
@@ -2613,8 +2629,8 @@ Full-width Characters</h5>
26132629 Removed statements about ''run-in'' boxes, since this value was removed from CSS2.1 and has a substantially different model in CSS Display Level 3.
26142630 Replaced with a generalized statement about all display types, using new [[!CSS-DISPLAY-3]] terminology.
26152631 <li>
2616- Changed to <a href="#propagate-to-icb ">propagate the computed values</a> of the 'writing-mode' and the 'direction' property
2617- from body child element to the root element .
2632+ Changed to <a href="#principal-writing-mode ">propagate the computed values</a> of the 'writing-mode' and the 'direction' property
2633+ from body child element to the initial containing block .
26182634 <li>
26192635 Changed the 'caption-side' property to <a href="#logical-direction-layout">flow-relative mappings</a> .
26202636 <li>
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