[css-gaps-1] Add 'normal' value to 'rule-visibility-items' and make it the initial value. #13477 (#13755)

Author: kbabbitt

css-gaps-1/Overview.bs

@@ -704,7 +704,7 @@ Break behaviors at intersections: The 'column-rule-break', 'row-rule-break', and
 		<figure>
 			<img alt="" src="images/example-break-normal-multicol.png">
 			<figcaption>
-				Multicol <a>gap decorations</a> with rule-break set to ''normal''.
+				Multicol [=gap decorations=] with rule-break set to ''column-rule-break/normal''.
 				Note that in the column direction it behaves as if rule-break were set to ''intersection'',
 				while in the row direction it behaves as if rule-break were set to ''none''.
 			</figcaption>
@@ -1093,9 +1093,9 @@ Adjusting gap decoration endpoints: The 'rule-inset' properties</h3>
 Gap decoration visibility: The 'rule-visibility-items' properties</h3>
 	<pre class='propdef'>
 		Name: column-rule-visibility-items, row-rule-visibility-items
-		Value: ''all'' | ''around'' | ''between''
-		Initial: ''all''
-		Applies to: <a>grid containers</a>, and <a>multicol containers</a>
+		Value: ''all'' | ''around'' | ''between'' | ''normal''
+		Initial: ''normal''
+		Applies to: [=grid containers=] and [=multicol containers=]
 		Inherited: no
 		Computed value: as specified
 		Animation type: discrete
@@ -1111,6 +1111,20 @@ Gap decoration visibility: The 'rule-visibility-items' properties</h3>
 		<dd>Paint decorations in a gap segment if at least one of the two adjacent areas is occupied by an item.
 		<dt><dfn>between</dfn>
 		<dd>Paint decorations in a gap segment if both adjacent areas are occupied by items.
+		<dt><dfn>normal</dfn>
+		<dd>Behavior depends on the type of container.
+			<dl>
+				<dt>[=Grid containers=]
+				<dd>
+					Behaves the same as ''all''.
+				</dd>
+				<dt>[=Multicol containers=]
+				<dd>
+					On 'column-rule-visibility-items', behaves the same as ''column-rule-visibility-items/between''.
+					On 'row-rule-visibility-items', behaves the same as ''row-rule-visibility-items/all''.
+				</dd>
+			</dl>
+		</dd>
 	</dl>
 
 	<pre class='propdef shorthand'>
@@ -1135,7 +1149,7 @@ Gap decoration visibility: The 'rule-visibility-items' properties</h3>
 		<figure>
 			<img alt="" src="images/example-visibility-all-normal.png">
 			<figcaption>
-				Gap decorations in Grid with ''column-rule-break/normal'' rule breaking and ''column-rule-visibility-items/all'' visibility (the default).
+				Gap decorations in Grid with ''column-rule-break/normal'' rule breaking and ''column-rule-visibility-items/all'' visibility.
 			</figcaption>
 		</figure>
 	</div>
@@ -2208,6 +2222,14 @@ No new security considerations have been reported on this specification.
 <h2 id="changes">
 Changes</h2>
 
+<h3 id="changes=20260227">
+Changes since the <a href="https://un5gmtkzgkj46tygt32g.julianrbryant.com/TR/2026/WD-css-gaps-1-20260227/">27 February 2026 Working Draft</a></h3>
+
+	<ul class="non-normative">
+		<li>Added the ''column-rule-visibility-items/normal'' value to [[#visibility|*-rule-visibility-items]] and made it the new initial value.
+			(<a href="https://github.com/w3c/csswg-drafts/issues/13477">Issue 13477</a>)
+	</ul>
+
 <h3 id="changes-20250417">
 Changes since the <a href="https://un5gmtkzgkj46tygt32g.julianrbryant.com/TR/2025/WD-css-gaps-1-20250417/">17 April 2025 Working Draft</a></h3>