CSSWG Spec Publications Status

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TR
How far behind is TR from the ED?
ED
How far behind is the editor on agreed edits?
GH
Open issues
Module Level Status Latest TR ED GH Notes
CSS Core
2021 – NT – ? ? ⚠ Not drafted yet
align 3 WD 2020/04 × △ ⚠ Missing some details. Close to CR. May be split?
animations 1 WD 2018/10 △ ? ⚠ TR/ED diff purely editorial.
animations 2 WD None × ? ⚠ ????
backgrounds 3 CR 2020/12 △ ○ ⚠ Minor edits
backgrounds 4 ED None × × ⚠ Needs major editing work.
block 3 ED None – – ⚠ Not yet taken up.
box 3 CR 2020/12 ○ ○ ⚠
box 4 WD 2020/4 ○ ○ ⚠ margin-trim needs design review particularly from authors
break 3 CR 2018/12 ○ ○ ⚠ a few open issues
break 4 WD 2018/12 ○ ○ ⚠
cascade 3 REC 2021/02 ○ ○ ⚠
cascade 4 WD 2021/03 ○ ○ ⚠ LCWD
cascade 5 WD 2021/06 ○ ○ ⚠
color 3 REC 2018/06 ○ ○ ⚠
color 4 WD 2021/06 ○ ○ ⚠
color 5 WD 2021/06 △ △ ⚠
color hdr UD None – – ⚠
color-adjust 1 WD 2021/06 ○ ○ ⚠
compositing 1 CR 2015/01 △ ? ⚠
compositing 2 ED – × ? ⚠ Needs FPWD?
conditional 3 CR 2020/12 ○ ○ ⚠ Disposition of Comments
conditional 4 WD 2020/03 ○ ○ ⚠
contain 1 REC 2020 ○ ○ ⚠
contain 2 WD 2020/12 ○ △ ⚠
content 3 WD 2019/08 ○ ? ⚠
counter-styles 3 CR 2017/12 × ○ ⚠
device-adapt 1 WD 2016/03 △ × ⚠ Retirement pending FPWD of non-existant css-viewport
display 3 CR 2020/12 △ ○ ⚠
easing 1 CR 2021/04 ○ ○ ⚠
env 1 ED – × × ⚠ Needs FPWD
exclusions 1 WD 2015/01 ○ ○ ⚠ Mostly abandoned atm...
extensions 1 ED – × ? ⚠ Shouldn't this be UD?
fill-stroke 3 WD 2017/04 ○ × ⚠ TR only a few minor edits behind
filter-effects 1 2018/12 △ × ⚠ TR editorially behind very minorly
filter-effects 2 ED – × ? ⚠ No FPWD, either make one or drop to UD?
flexbox 1 WD 2018/11 × △ ⚠
floats 3 – – × × ⚠
fonts 3 REC 2018/09 ○ △ ⚠
fonts 4 WD 2020/11 △ ? ⚠
fonts 5 WD 2021/06 ○ ○ ⚠
gcpm 3 WD 2014/05 × △ ⚠
gcpm 4 ED – – ○ ⚠ Should it be UD?
grid 1 CR 2020/12 △ ○ ⚠
grid 2 CR 2020/12 △ ○ ⚠
highlight-api 1 WD 2020/10 ? ? ⚠
images 3 CR 2020/12 ○ △ ⚠
images 4 WD 2017/04 × × ⚠
inline 3 WD 2020/08 ○ △ ⚠
line-grid 1 WD 2014/09 × ○ ⚠
lists 3 WD 2020/11 △ ○ ⚠
logical 1 WD 2018/08 △ ○ ⚠
motion 1 WD 2018/12 △ △ ⚠ Should be pushed to CR
multicol 1 WD 2021/02 ○ ○ ⚠
multicol 2 ED – – ○ ⚠
namespaces 3 REC 2014/03 ○ ○ ⚠ one open editorial request
nav 1 WD 2019/11 ○ ? ⚠
nesting 1 ED – – ? ⚠ Needs FPWD if we want to do this
overflow 3 WD 2020/06 △ △ ⚠
overflow 4 WD 2017/06 × ○ ⚠ TR is missing text-overflow draft
overscroll 1 WD 2019/06 △ ○ ⚠ TR is missing typo fixes
page 3 WD 2018/10 × ○ ⚠ TR is missing page-orientation
page 4 ED – – – ⚠ Delete?
page-floats 3 WD 2015/09 △ × ⚠ Major redesign resolved, not edited.
page-template 1 UD – – – ⚠
position 3 WD 2020/05 △ △ ⚠
preslev 1 NOTE 2014/10 ○ ○ – Hasn't been moved to new shortname scheme
pseudo 4 WD 2020/12 △ △ ⚠
regions 1 WD 2014/10 △ ? ⚠
rhythm 1 WD 2017/09 × △ ⚠
round-display 1 WD 2016/12 △ ○ ⚠ Minor editorial fixes missing from TR
ruby 1 WD 2021/03 △ ○ ⚠ Disposition of Comments
scoping 1 WD 2014/14 × △ ⚠
scroll-anchoring 1 WD 2020/02 △ ○? ⚠ TR missing a decent chunk of new algorithm
scrollbars 1 WD 2018/09 △ ? ⚠ Needs open issues to be resolved, considering any new feature requests, then a new “CR-ready” working draft if the group resolves on freezing features in this level.
scroll-snap 1 CR 2021/03 ○ ○ ⚠
shadow-parts 1 WD 2018/11 △ △ ⚠
shapes 1 CR 2014/03 × △ ⚠
shapes 2 ED – – ? ⚠
size-adjust 1 ED – – ? ⚠ ????
sizing 3 WD 2021/03 ○ ○ ⚠
sizing 4 WD 2021/05 ○ △ ⚠
speech 1 WD 2020/03 △ ○ ⚠ TR is missing editorial cleanup.
style-attr 1 REC 2013/11 × ○ ⚠ Parsing rules differ in the case of at-rules. Somehow this was lost before REC publication.
syntax 3 CR 2019/07 × △ ⚠
tables 3 WD 2019/07 △ △ ⚠
template 1 NOTE 2015/03 ○ ○ – Archived R&D
text 3 CR 2021/04 ○ ○ ⚠
text 4 WD 2019/11 △ △ ⚠ TR just missing text-spacing: auto
text-decor 3 CR 2019/08 ○ ○ ⚠
text-decor 4 WD 2020/05 ○ △ ⚠
transforms 1 CR 2019/2 × ○ ⚠
transforms 2 WD 2020/03 ○ × ⚠
transitions 1 WD 2018/10 ○ ○ ⚠ Someone should take this to CR.
transitions 2 ED – – ? ⚠ ????
ui 3 REC 2018/06 △ ○ ⚠ Editorial
ui 4 WD 2021/03 ○ △ ⚠
values 3 WD 2019/06 ○ △ ⚠ A few minor clarifications requested. Can go to REC soon if willing to do QA.
values 4 WD 2020/11 × ○ ⚠
variables 1 WD 2015/12 × × ⚠ TR severely out of date.
will-change 1 CR 2015/12 △ ○ ⚠
writing-modes 3 REC 2019/12 △ ○ ⚠ Some cross-links and clarifications not yet updated on TR.
writing-modes 4 CR 2019/07 △ ○ ⚠ Some cross-links with clarifications not yet updated on TR.
CSS2 2 REC 2011/06 × × ⚠ Pending multipage Bikeshed?
Queries
mediaqueries 3 REC 2012/06 △ ○ ⚠ TR missing “ASCII” clarification to “case-insensitive” and new shortname.
mediaqueries 4 CR 2020/07 ○ ○ ⚠
mediaqueries 5 WD 2020/07 △ △ ⚠ TR is missing keyword renaming.
selectors 3 REC 2018/11 ○ ○ ⚠
selectors 4 WD 2018/11 × × ⚠
selectors-
nonelement 		1 NOTE 2019/04 ○ ○ ⚠
APIs
cssom 1 WD 2016/03 × × ⚠
cssom-view 1 WD 2016/03 × × ⚠
font-loading 3 WD 2014/05 × ? ⚠
geometry 1 CR 2018/12 △ × ⚠
matrix 1 NOTE 2018/04 ○ ○ – Way too many pages of boilerplate for a redirect…
resize-observer 1 WD 2020/02 △ ○? ⚠ TR is missing FrozenArray and SVG-related edits.
scroll-animations 1 ED – × △ ⚠ Missing FPWD
web-animations 1 WD 2021/05 ○ ○ ⚠
web-animations 2 ED – – ? ⚠ ????
web-animations-
css-integration 		3 ED – – ? ⚠ ????

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