Re: [css-shapes][css-masking] Not specified basic shape

On Dec 22, 2013, at 9:38 PM, Dirk Schulze <dschulze@adobe.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> CSS Shapes has the following syntax for the ’shape-outside’ property[1]:
> 
> 	auto | [<basic-shape> || <box>] | <image>
> 
> This basically allows the following valid example:
> 
> 	shape-outside: margin-box;
> 
> No shape is specified. What is the shape used for this property?
> 
> I think there are two useful possibilities:
> 
> 1) The property is treated as if ‘auto’ was specified
> 2) An implicit inset() shape is specified matching the size of the specified box.
> 
> The first one might be the simplest, but the second option seems to make sense as well. I would actually think option 2 is preferable.
> 
> The ‘clip-path’ property has the same problem [2]:
> 
> 	<clip-source> | [ <basic-shape> || <box> | bounding-box ] | none
> 
> Options:
> 
> 1) The property is treated as if ‘none’ was specified
> 2) The element is clipped to the specified box by an implicit use of inset().
> 
> I think Option 2 is preferable as well as some kind of shortcut.
> 
> However, none of both specifications do specify the behavior yet. For my part, I want 'clip-path' behave the same as 'shape-outside’.

I forgot to mention another possibility: changing the syntax.

	auto | <basic-shape> <box>? | <image>

In which case you can not switch <basic-shape> and <box> unless the syntax is changed to:

	auto | <basic-shape> <box>? | <box> <basic-shape> | <image>


Dirk

> 
> Greetings,
> Dirk
> 
> [1] http://dev.w3.org/csswg/css-shapes/#shape-outside-property
> [2] http://dev.w3.org/fxtf/masking/#the-clip-path
> 
>

Received on Sunday, 22 December 2013 21:32:41 UTC