Post #1815549
2026-04-10 20:23 UTC
@mia I read that as an ordinary human being, where a box is 3D and a rectangle is 2D.
But then my CSS nerd brain clicked on, and I realized that that is of course not it, but "box" does have a lot of extra dimensions to it nonetheless.
And now I've been reading the definitions in that spec & I'm mad that "box" is being used for "complete layout box associated with an element or pseudo-element" but also for "individual rectangles associated with a layout box" like content box, border box, etc.
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@svgeesus@mastodon.scot 2026-04-10 20:56
@AmeliaBR @mia ‘When I use a word,’ Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, ‘it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less.’ ‘The question is,’ said Alice, ‘whether you can make words mean so many different things.’
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@yatil@yatil.social 2026-04-10 21:16
@AmeliaBR @mia Rectangle-sizing: border-rectangle; when?