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0DescriptionCategoryPriority (low=1, high=5)SpecSpec StatusImplementedNot implementedNotesReferenceBrowser Bug Links
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hyphenation itself (hyphens property)can text be hyphenatedTypography5CSS Text 3LCSafari, Firefox, IE, Prince, AHChromehttps://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=47083
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Character-based alignment in tablesVery common to align table cell on decimal pointTables5CSS3 Text (removed from spec) / MathML 3 malign*LC / RECFeature specced in old draft: http://www.w3.org/TR/2012/WD-css3-text-20121113/#character-alignmentNot implemented but: http://www.w3.org/Math/draft-spec/mathml.html#chapter3_presm.malignhttps://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11104
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Cross referencesWe need to generate links to generated figure numbers, etc. (as in see figure 1.1)Generated Content5GCPM, CSS ContentED/WDPrince, AHChrome, Firefox, IE, Safari
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Vertical TextTypography, CJK5CSS Writing Modes 3CRSafari, IE, Chrome, AHFirefoxhttp://dev.w3.org/csswg/css-writing-modes-3/#intro-text-layout
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Accessiblity for Generated Content
it should not be assumed that content generated by CSS has the (aria) role ="presentation" (http://www.w3.org/TR/wai-aria-1.1/#presentation), Terms like "figure" should inherit the semantics of the element into which they are inserted.
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Overflow: pagedPagination5CSS OverflowEDOpera 12.16 (Presto)Section on paginated overflow is not yet written in spec
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User customizationEspecially in ebook reading systems, the relationship between the publisher CSS, the user agent CSS, and any reader preferences is very unclear. If everyone actually followed the cascade as defined in CSS, would this be adequate to explain how current systems work, and to provide end users the control they need?Usability5CSS Cascade
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Access to alternate glyphs in fontsMany OpenType fonts contain numerous alternate glyphs for each character. The font-variant-features property appears to support this. Typography5CSS Fonts 3CRPrince, Chrome, Firefox, IESafarihttp://www.stateofwebtype.com/#font-feature-settingshttps://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=63796
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hyphenation exception dictionaryTypography4——Prince, AHPrince has a syntax for this property
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Text spacingUsed to control space around CJK charactersTypography, CJK4CSS Text 4 (some properties at-risk)EDhttp://dev.w3.org/csswg/css-text-4/#text-spacing-propertyNo webkit bug
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Numbering equationsMath4MathML (mlabeledtr)Are CSS counters adequate to the task (in conjunction with cross references as defined earlier)?
NOTE: genereted linked references to numbered equations are required as well. I should be able to generate and link "see equation 4.7")
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RubyTypography, CJK4CSS Ruby 1WDPartial support in Safari, Firefox, Chrome, IE, OperaWe need details on what's not supported, and what those priorities are
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Emphasis MarksCJK uses marks rather than bold/italic to show emphasisTypography, CJK4CSS Text DecorationCRSafari, partial support in Chrome, OperaFirefox, IEhttp://dev.w3.org/csswg/css-text-decor-3/#emphasis-marks
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Page floatsFloat images or other elements to the top or bottom of pages. Extremely common in books. Pagination, Layout4CSS Page FloatsEDPrince, AHSafari, Firefox, Chrome, IE, Opera
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Page margin boxesCreates slots for running headers and footers, and page numbersPagination, Layout4CSS Page 3WDPrince, AHSafari, Firefox, Chrome, IE, Opera
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ligaturesTypography, Fonts4CSS Fonts 3CRChrome, IE, Firefox, Opera, PrinceSafariprefixed in some browsers
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FootnotesPagination, Layout4CSS GCPMWDPrince, AHSafari, Firefox, Chrome, IE, Opera
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initial-lettersupport for drop caps and other large initial lettersTypography3CSS InlineWDWill ship in Safari 2015Q3, unknown for other browsers
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letters before/after hyphenminimum number of letters before/after break inside wordTypography3——Prince, AH
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consecutive hyphenshow many consecutive lines can end with a hyphenTypography3——Prince, AH
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Hanging punctuationset certain punctuation characters in margin to improve visual alignmentTypography3CSS Text 3 (at risk)LC
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Alignment between equationsSeparate equations on the same page generally align on the equals sign in books. Math3MathML (malign) + ???MathML 3 / ?AutoPageNot implemented but: http://www.w3.org/Math/draft-spec/mathml.html#chapter3_presm.malign
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BopomofoTypography, CJK3May not require changes in CSS, but may require special fontshttp://rishida.net/scripts/bopomofo/ontheweb#forward
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baseline gridTypography, Layout3CSS Line Grid WDunknownhttp://dev.w3.org/csswg/css-line-grid/
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last hyphenboolean; can last word of paragraph, page, or spread hyphenate?Typography2———
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Better font categorizationCSS font families only support weight, stretch, and style facets. More facets or custom facets needed.Typography2——None
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Breaking equationsAs font size and containing block size changes, equations may need to break to remain readable. I have vague memories that the rules governing this are very complex!Math2MathML 3, ch.3RECNoneMathJax supports most of the spec
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Control over first baselinesThe CSS half-leading model makes it extremely difficult to determine the position of a text baseline in relation to its containing block or page. Page layout programs offer more intuitive options. Typography2——http://blogs.adobe.com/webplatform/2014/08/13/one-weird-trick-to-baseline-align-text/
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Apply content property to elementsContent2CSS ContentEDPrince, AHSafari, Firefox, Chrome, IE, Opera
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Vertical centeringDesign, CJK1FlexboxLCSafari, Firefox, Chrome, IE, Prince, AHA solved problem?
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min hyphenation syllables before/after breakFrom http://www.w3.org/TR/xslfo20/#common-hyphenation-propertiesTypography1——
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syllable widows, word-widows
min number of syllables or words on the last line of a block; meaning unclear for CJK languagesTypography1——
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min-length-of-last-lineA dimension, e.g. 25% [from xsl-fo]Typography1——
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OpenType MATH table supportIt provides crucial technology for math layout (e.g., specifying glyph fragments for stretchy character constructions).Typography, Math1Houdini?Gecko (partial), WebKit (not sure, at most partial)Trident/Edge, BlinkFor browsers without MathML support, JavaScrit would require access to the MATH tables.
Cf. http://blogs.msdn.com/b/murrays/archive/2014/09/10/10520771.aspx
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Font metrics APIsAPIs to access bounding box information for arbitrary fonts (or at least webfonts, similar to opentype.js functionality)Typography, Math1Houdini?Peter K. has an action on this...
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RegionsFoundationsCSS RegionsSafari, IEChrome, Firefox, Opera
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