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[css-gaps-1] Add 'normal' value to 'rule-visibility-items'. #13477
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Expand Up @@ -704,7 +704,7 @@ Break behaviors at intersections: The 'column-rule-break', 'row-rule-break', and
<figure>
<img alt="" src="images/example-break-normal-multicol.png">
<figcaption>
Multicol <a>gap decorations</a> with rule-break set to ''normal''.
Multicol [=gap decorations=] with rule-break set to ''column-rule-break/normal''.
Note that in the column direction it behaves as if rule-break were set to ''intersection'',
while in the row direction it behaves as if rule-break were set to ''none''.
</figcaption>
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Gap decoration visibility: The 'rule-visibility-items' properties</h3>
<pre class='propdef'>
Name: column-rule-visibility-items, row-rule-visibility-items
Value: ''all'' | ''around'' | ''between''
Initial: ''all''
Applies to: <a>grid containers</a>, and <a>multicol containers</a>
Value: ''all'' | ''around'' | ''between'' | ''normal''
Initial: ''normal''
Applies to: [=grid containers=] and [=multicol containers=]
Inherited: no
Computed value: as specified
Animation type: discrete
Expand All @@ -1111,6 +1111,20 @@ Gap decoration visibility: The 'rule-visibility-items' properties</h3>
<dd>Paint decorations in a gap segment if at least one of the two adjacent areas is occupied by an item.
<dt><dfn>between</dfn>
<dd>Paint decorations in a gap segment if both adjacent areas are occupied by items.
<dt><dfn>normal</dfn>
<dd>Behavior depends on the type of container.
<dl>
<dt>[=Grid containers=]
<dd>
Behaves the same as ''all''.
</dd>
<dt>[=Multicol containers=]
<dd>
On 'column-rule-visibility-items', behaves the same as ''column-rule-visibility-items/between''.
On 'row-rule-visibility-items', behaves the same as ''row-rule-visibility-items/all''.
</dd>
</dl>
</dd>
</dl>

<pre class='propdef shorthand'>
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<figure>
<img alt="" src="images/example-visibility-all-normal.png">
<figcaption>
Gap decorations in Grid with ''column-rule-break/normal'' rule breaking and ''column-rule-visibility-items/all'' visibility (the default).
Gap decorations in Grid with ''column-rule-break/normal'' rule breaking and ''column-rule-visibility-items/all'' visibility.
</figcaption>
</figure>
</div>
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<h2 id="changes">
Changes</h2>

<h3 id="changes=20260227">
Changes since the <a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/2026/WD-css-gaps-1-20260227/">27 February 2026 Working Draft</a></h3>

<ul class="non-normative">
<li>Added the ''column-rule-visibility-items/normal'' value to [[#visibility|*-rule-visibility-items]] and made it the new initial value.
(<a href="https://github.com/w3c/csswg-drafts/issues/13477">Issue 13477</a>)
</ul>

<h3 id="changes-20250417">
Changes since the <a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/2025/WD-css-gaps-1-20250417/">17 April 2025 Working Draft</a></h3>

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