- From: Tab Atkins Jr. <jackalmage@gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2013 10:25:47 -0800
- To: Dirk Schulze <dschulze@adobe.com>
- Cc: "public-fx@w3.org" <public-fx@w3.org>
On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 9:13 AM, Dirk Schulze <dschulze@adobe.com> wrote: > Hi FXTF, > > I would like to change the behavior of feGaussianBlur filter primitive if stdDeviationX = stdDeviationY = 0. If both radii are 0, UAs must handle the filter as error and refuse drawing. This seems to be the behavior on all browsers at the moment. > > For authors it often makes more sense if feGaussianBlur just returns its input - unmodified. Note that this is the case for the shorthand filter functions already (blur() and drop-shadow()). > > This affects feDropShadow as well - a shorthand for different filter primates including feGaussianBlur. It is not possible to draw a non-blurred drop shadow without this change. > > If there is no objection then I modify the spec. This sounds like a silly restriction, and your change is completely reasonable. As long as no other impls object, I definitely support this. ~TJ
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