[chromium-discuss] when is “preferred minimum width” greater than the “available width” in CSS layout?

[Yuanjie Zhao]

From CSS 2.1 spec,

the shrink-to-fit width is: min(max(preferred minimum width, available
width), preferred width).

When available width <= preferred minimum width <= preferred width, the
used width will be the preferred minimum width.


However, the spec also explains that the preferred minimum width is the
minimal width a box could take that doesn’t lead to content overflowing by
trying all possible line breaks.


Then under what circumstance is "preferred minimum width" greater than the
"available width"? Can someone give an example?