Re: [css-transforms] Making 'transform' match author expectations better with specialized 'rotate'/etc shorthands

On Jul 14, 2014, at 9:23 AM, fantasai <fantasai.lists@inkedblade.net> wrote:

> On 07/11/2014 11:42 AM, Tab Atkins Jr. wrote:
>> Earlier today I saw a Twitter thread started by Lea
>> <https://twitter.com/LeaVerou/status/487350702386479105> about how she
>> commonly accidentally types the name of the transform she wants as the
>> property (like "rotate: 45deg;") and then has to go back and correct
>> it afterwards.  Several other devs chimed in that they do this as
>> well, and I know that I've done it a few times (especially when using
>> SVG - I use "transform='translate(...)'" so often that I commonly try
>> to name the attribute "translate" first).
>> 
>> Since this is something that devs trip over so much, it might be worth
>> accommodating it in the syntax.  I think we can do this compatibly
>> with the current syntax.  Here's a proposal:
> 
> Having read the thread so far, I think this is a problem worth solving.
> However, I agree with most of Dirk's and all of Sylvain's comments, so
> I'm in support of a proposal that incorporates their feedback.
> 
> On that note, if there needs to be separate origins for the longhands,
> they should not be handled as origin() functions as you propose [1],
> since you generally want to cascade the origin and the value independently.
> 
> An origin() function might be useful for translate-list, however, to
> avoid the awkward translate-untranslate pattern Dirk mentions [2].
> 
> [1] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2014Jul/0207.html
> [2] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2014Jul/0202.html
> 
> Regardless, this should almost certainly go into a Transforms Level 2
> draft, since the set of features in Level 1 has already shipped. To
> that end, it would be nice to have Transforms in CR sometime soon. :)

Yes. During the Paris F2F (that Tab mentions), we agreed that new functionalities would go into a next level. I don’t think that Tab actually proposes to edit the first level of the spec.

Greetings,
Dirk

PS Regarding CR for Level 1: Simon and I proposed a new model for 3D transform handling during Seattle F2F at the beginning of this year. The proposal addresses most issues of the spec. Simon spend a lot of efforts creating a specification text and resolve more of the remaining issues. We were/are kindly asking everyone to review the text so that we can proceed with CSS Transforms 1. The current discussion is here[2].

[1] https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mNF7Z67WnnV05RqXa37PmfvRbgAZwj7-h-7Y_uQ_UPE/edit?pli=1#
[2] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2014Feb/0709.html

> 
> ~fantasai
>

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