I would try to leverage flexbox for layout and stay away from absolute values. Things need to be fluid and responsive to support the many devices.
Richard Oren 714-916-2102 > On 7 Aug 2015, at 9:50 pm, Alex Harui <aha...@adobe.com> wrote: > > One of my goals for FlexJS is to leverage as much code in the browser as > possible. That’s why there are button components that thinly wrap the > HTML button element. You can pay-as-you-go and select heavier buttons > that allow more complex skinning and/or styling. > > I thought we’d be able to leverage the browser’s layout code for vertical > and horizontal layout. The current version sets the children to > display:block or display:inline-block. That’s much less code than running > a loop on the children, figuring out margins, left/right constraints, etc, > and therefore less code to write, debug and maintain. > > But these days, I’m starting to wonder if one of the benefits of FlexJS > will be in the availability of layouts that pretty much use > position:absolute to control everything. There are lots of funky rules > and workarounds for how browsers deal with display:inline-block, for > example. > > Anyway, I’m wondering if there is anything, besides performance, we might > give up by giving up on display:inline-block and writing our own > horizontal layout. > > Thoughts? > -Alex >
