Re: outline-radius from Boris Zbarsky on 2012-03-12 (www-style@w3.org from March 2012)

From: Boris Zbarsky <bzbarsky@MIT.EDU>
Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2012 10:50:41 -0500
To: www-style@w3.org
Message-ID: <4F5E1B51.9070202@mit.edu>

On 3/12/12 10:43 AM, Brad Kemper wrote:
> I think it should be automatic. The 'border' of 'border-radius' doesn't
> mean that it only affects the border. It just means that the border box
> is where you measure the radius. It also affects the radius of the
> padding box and content box, and /should/ also affect the outline.

But how, exactly?  The outline need not be rectangular, while 
border-radius specifies curvature for precisely 4 corners.

For the simple case of one single box for an element, the two can be 
treated interchangeably, of course.

-Boris

Received on Monday, 12 March 2012 15:51:02 UTC