spec property dependencies

Property dependencies

This page lists the ways in which the computed value of one property depends on the computed value of another. This is important to track so that we can avoid creating circular dependencies.

Type-based Dependencies

Depended-on property	Dependent property	Reason
color	every property taking	currentColor (css3-color), initial value of border (CSS21)
font-size	every property taking	em units (CSS21)
font-size, font-family, font-size-adjust, font-kerning, font-stretch, font-style, font-variant-*, font-weight, font-feature-settings, font-variation-settings	every property taking	ex units (CSS21), ch units (css-values-3), ic units (css-values-4), cap units (css-values-4)
line-height	every property taking	lh units (css-values-4)
text-orientation, writing-mode	every property taking	ch units (css-values-3)

Other Dependencies

Depended-on property	Dependent property	Reason
align-items, justify-items	align-self, justify-self	auto value
border-*-style	border-*-width	'none' and 'hidden' (CSS21)
column-rule-style	column-rule-width	'none' and 'hidden' (css3-columns)
display	align-content, justify-content	auto value
display	box-suppress	display:none makes box-suppress compute to discard
font-size	line-height	% units (CSS21)
direction, writing-mode, text-orientation	??? (some on element, some on parent)	logical box properties (css3-logical-props)
direction	text-align	text-align: match-parent (css3-text)
line-height	vertical-align	% units (CSS21)
outline-style	outline-width	'none' and 'hidden' (CSS21)
position	float	absolute/fixed position makes float:none (CSS21)
position, float	display	float/position make things block-like (CSS21)
position	align-content, justify-content	auto value
???	content	content: normal (css3-content)
ruby-position, display	writing-mode	ruby-position: inter-character (css-ruby)