[whatwg] Reverse ordered lists
Robert (Jamie) Munro
rjmunro at arjam.net
Wed Jan 23 16:10:37 PST 2008
David Walbert wrote:
>
> On Jan 23, 2008, at 11:39 AM, Siemova wrote:
>
>> Very easily:
>>
>> if start is not specified
>> if not reverse
>> start = 1
>> else
>> start = number of items * step
>>
>
> It's not that simple -- the last line should be
>
> start = 1 + ( (number of items - 1) * step)
>
> if it's assumed that the last item of the list is numbered one by default.
Surely it should be numbered with the step.
<ol step="-2">
<li>Foo</li>
<li>Bar</li>
<li>Baz</li>
</ol>
Should be:
6. Foo
4. Bar
2. Baz
not:
5. Foo
3. Bar
1. Baz
Robert (Jamie) Munro
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