[css -text-justify] How to NOT justify a piece of text inside a justified paragraph?

[ntounsi]

NB. This issue may be raised elsewhere or may be related to another one. sorry if duplicate.

'Text-align : justify' [1] is a bloc property. It applies to block containers.

In general, the justify method is to vary inter-word spaces. Sometimes varying letter-spacing also.

For some reason (e.g. aesthetic, citation, need to keep original layout ...) one may wish to NOT justify a small sentence within a text, i.e. an inline span inside a justified paragraph. The 'text-justify : none' property [2] should permit this. Example:

<p style="text-align:justify">
    justified  justified  justified  justified  
        <span style="text-justify:none"> not justified not justified </span> 
    justified justified justified justified
</p>

However, the section 7.3 [2] says about 'text-justify ' property:
"Applies to: block containers and, optionally, inline elements "

What optionally means is explained next §:

"The property applies to block containers, but the UA may (but is not required to) also support it on inline elements."

Why not? Why not apply the property to inline element ALSO?

In some Arabic books/printings, one can find highly justified paragraphs containing a span of not-justified-text such as a sentence from the Koran for example.

[1] https://www.w3.org/TR/css-text-3/#text-align
[2] https://www.w3.org/TR/css-text-3/#text-justify

[fantasai]

Alright, the WG resolved to make text-justify apply to inlines, and this was checked in in 9d3e9e0