Re: [csswg-drafts] Some property definitions for shorthands should not say 'see individual properties'

I am not sure I understand what it implies for shorthand to be 
described as having initial values, instead of just defering that to 
their longhands.

It terms of cascading and inheritance, only longhand initial values 
matter. The 'initial' keyword can be described in a way that makes it 
work for shorthand in terms of its longhangs, without them having an 
independent initial value.

For documentation and teaching purposes, expressing directly what the 
initial value of a shorthand is may be useful, but it is fully a 
consequence of the longhand values, not a separate normative 
requirement, so it feels it would belong in a note of some kind.

Or am I missing something?

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Received on Thursday, 23 June 2016 07:28:37 UTC