Re: [csswg-drafts] [css-shapes-2] Add a way to change an element's shape (#6997)

> > Let’s please not use `border-radius` as design precedent, it’s one of the recognized mistakes in the design of CSS: [wiki.csswg.org/ideas/mistakes](https://wiki.csswg.org/ideas/mistakes)
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> The link said that we should have named it `corner-radius`. That makes sense because the radius itself applies to the corners and not to the whole border, but I don't see how it's a "mistake in design", or something that applies here? The path in this case does affect the whole border and not just the corners.

That is not the reason it's a mistake. It’s a mistake because it affects the element shape **whether there is a border or not**. Naming it `border-radius` was unduly influenced by its specification details (the fact that it rounds the border box) but as far as authors are concerned, that's almost an implementation detail.

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