On Wed, Apr 5, 2023 at 8:47 PM Chris Harrelson <[email protected]>
wrote:

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> On Tue, Apr 4, 2023 at 9:21 PM Yoav Weiss <[email protected]> wrote:
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>> On Fri, Mar 31, 2023 at 2:37 AM Chris Harrelson <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
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>>> Contact [email protected]
>>>
>>> Specification
>>> https://drafts.csswg.org/css-overflow-3/#valdef-overflow-auto
>>>
>>> Summary
>>>
>>> Removes the overflow:overlay scrolling mode, and makes overlay a legacy
>>> alias of auto. overflow:overlay is the same as overflow:auto, except that
>>> it does not prevent content from extending into the scrollbar gutter, in
>>> cases where non-overlay OS scrollbars are present. (If overlay scrollbars
>>> are present, there is no effect.) Example: With overflow:overlay:
>>> https://output.jsbin.com/yujenuq/quiet With overflow:auto:
>>> https://output.jsbin.com/ruzogaf/quiet
>>>
>>
>> Which platforms would one see a difference between these two? (I'm not
>> seeing a difference on MacOS)
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> To see a difference you will have to turn on non-overlay scrollbars in the
> macOS settings. This feature only has an effect for cases where the OS
> provides non-overlay scrollbars.
>

Tried it out and I now understand that my question RE triggering layout
shifts doesn't make sense, as the non-overlay scrollbars are always there.
Also, this is a significantly better user experience, so it makes perfect
sense to do this! :)


> Also: note that this is an I2P, not an I2S. I have not yet done a thorough
> compatibility analysis of existing sites, but plan to do it soon.
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>>>
>>>
>>> Blink componentBlink>Scroll
>>> <https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/list?q=component:Blink%3EScroll>
>>>
>>> TAG review
>>>
>>> TAG review statusNot applicable
>>>
>>> Risks
>>>
>>>
>>> Interoperability and Compatibility
>>>
>>> Developers currently relying on content overlapping the scrollbar gutter
>>> would instead see some additional line wrapping. Users, on the other hand,
>>> would be able to see more content that is currently invisible underneath a
>>> scrollbar.
>>>
>>
>> I'm assuming that content would avoid overlapping with the gutter before
>> scrolling ever starts, right? (rather than triggering layout shifts once
>> the user scrolls)
>>
>>
>>> On platform configurations with overlay scrollbars in the OS, this
>>> change has no effect; it only applies to situations where a non-overlay
>>> scrollbar is configured by the browser. Use counter:
>>> https://chromestatus.com/metrics/feature/timeline/popularity/2995
>>> Adoption is more than 2% of page loads.
>>>
>>>
>>> *Gecko*: Shipped/Shipping (
>>> https://github.com/mozilla/standards-positions/issues/768)
>>>
>>> *WebKit*: Shipped/Shipping (
>>> https://github.com/WebKit/standards-positions/issues/157)
>>>
>>> *Web developers*: No signals
>>>
>>>
>>> Debuggability
>>>
>>> Sites might not know why their line wrapping changed to exclude the
>>> scrollbar gutter. However, this is the existing behavior in Firefox and
>>> Safari, so they would get interop by default.
>>>
>>> Will this feature be supported on all six Blink platforms (Windows, Mac,
>>> Linux, Chrome OS, Android, and Android WebView)?Yes
>>>
>>> Is this feature fully tested by web-platform-tests
>>> <https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/main/docs/testing/web_platform_tests.md>
>>> ?Yes
>>>
>>> Flag nameOverflowOverlayAliasesAuto
>>>
>>> Requires code in //chrome?No
>>>
>>> Estimated milestones
>>> Shipping on desktop 114
>>> DevTrial on desktop 114
>>> Shipping on Android 114
>>> DevTrial on Android 114
>>> Shipping on WebView 114
>>>
>>> Link to entry on the Chrome Platform Status
>>> https://chromestatus.com/feature/5194091479957504
>>>
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