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[css-lists-3] Should marker-side affect 'direction' computation?

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Description

https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Oct/0118.html

I think currently, marker-side only affects the position. Should it also affect direction? If it doesn't, how would we get the list marker to match the list's direction?

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Start with the linked www-style discussion and the CSS Lists Level 3 definitions of marker-side and direction. Determine whether marker-side should change direction computation and how that would affect list-marker behavior, then record a resolved specification decision; no implementation file or test is named.

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Tech stack
css
Domain
documentation, web-dev
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
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Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
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