- From: fantasai <fantasai.lists@inkedblade.net>
- Date: Mon, 15 May 2006 08:40:37 -0400
- To: www-style@w3.org
David Dorward wrote:
> On Tue, May 02, 2006 at 05:08:01PM +0200, Bert Bos wrote:
>> Who can come up with a syntax for the 'background' shorthand that is
>> unambiguous (of course!), easy to read and easy to remember?
>
> Take a leaf out of the font property:
>
> <'background-color'> || <'background-image'> ||
> <'background-repeat'> || <'background-attachment'> ||
> <'background-position'> [ / <'background-size'> ]?] | inherit
>
> So:
>
> background: red url('tiedye.png') repeat 0 0 / 100px 100px;
>
> This has the benefit of being consistant with the solution used to
> solve the problem elsewhere.
The working group as accepted this proposal with the one change
that [ / <'background-size'> ] can appear separate from
<'background-position'> as long as <'background-position'>, if
it appears, occurs before [ / <'background-size'> ]. This syntax
should appear in the next working draft. :)
Thanks~
~fantasai
Received on Monday, 15 May 2006 12:40:47 UTC