- From: Tab Atkins Jr. <jackalmage@gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2011 10:38:46 -0800
- To: Rafal Chlodnicki <rchlodnicki@opera.com>
- Cc: www-style@w3.org
On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 9:04 AM, Tab Atkins Jr. <jackalmage@gmail.com> wrote: > 2011/1/11 Rafal Chlodnicki <rchlodnicki@opera.com>: >> Given the linear-gradient(black, white) value for background property, >> should serialized value include implicit "top" gradient-line? >> >> Quote from http://dev.w3.org/csswg/cssom/#css-values: >> >> "Where CSS component values of the value can be omitted without changing the >> meaning of the value (e.g. initial values in shorthand properties), omit >> them. If this would remove all the values, then include the first allowed >> value. >> >> That could apply here but not necessary as it's unclear if it applies to >> arguments of css functions too. >> >> Currently, internal implementation in Opera does not return it. I can see >> that webkit's does (and Gecko's is not quite up to date so not sure if it's >> relevant). > > The spec has explicit instructions for how to serialize gradient > functions <http://dev.w3.org/csswg/css3-images/#serializing-gradients>. > > Or rather, it *would*, if I hadn't mucked up something when I > committed last night. Looks like I've uncovered a bug in the spec > formatter. For now, check out > <http://dev.w3.org/csswg/css3-images/Overview.src.html> and look near > the bottom for the gradient serialization algorithm. > > Short answer: the spec currently requires that gradient to be > serialized as "linear-gradient(top, black, white)". Ooh, found a mistake. *Actually*, the current spec required it to be serialized as "linear-gradient(topblack, white)". I've fixed the error. ~TJ
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