12.6.16. Included-container-area Flow Object Class

An included-container-area flow object results in a sequence of one or more areas each of which is specified as an area container. An included-container-area flow object has a single principal port. The contents of this port shall be displayed.

Flow objects of the included-container-area class may be inlined or displayed.

The size of the container shall be fixed in the direction perpendicular to the area container's filling-direction. It shall be specified unless the flow object is being displayed and the filling-direction is the same as the placement direction, in which case the size is the display-size. It need not be specified in the filling-direction. In this case, it shall be determined by the size of the child areas. If the included-container-area flow object is displayed and its placement direction is parallel to the area container's filling-direction and the size in the filling-direction is not specified, then the size in the filling-direction shall be limited by the size of its parent in that direction. If the flow object is being displayed and its placement direction is perpendicular to the area container's filling direction and the size in the filling-direction is not specified, then the size in the filling-direction shall be limited to the display-size.

An included-container-area has the following characteristics: