Re: Values of CSS properties

Isn’t that the purpose of the examples section?

Lea Verou
W3C developer relations
http://w3.org/people/all#lea ✿ http://lea.verou.me ✿ @leaverou






On Jul 25, 2013, at 23:39, PhistucK <phistuck@gmail.com> wrote:

> While I understand what <length> means exactly, I am not sure everyone does. In order to be correct and accurate, as well as usable for newcomers, I think we should have <length> as well as one or two quick and short examples to make the newcomers figure out the usage easily and quickly.
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> So, say -
> background-position: <length> <length>;
>   background-position: 20px 30px;
>   background-position: 15em 5%;
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> On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 11:32 PM, Lea Verou <lea@w3.org> wrote:
> Yes, that’s what I’m talking about. Glad we agree. Anyone else want to chime in?
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> Lea Verou
> W3C developer relations
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> On Jul 25, 2013, at 23:31, Julee Burdekin <jburdeki@adobe.com> wrote:
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> > Hi, Lea: Are you talking about where it lists the values:
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> > 20px 40px
> >     Any standard CSS...
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> > Yes, I agree: <length> is better than some arbitrary example value.
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> > From:  Lea Verou <lea@w3.org>
> > Date:  Thursday, July 25, 2013 1:25 PM
> > To:  WebPlatform Public List <public-webplatform@w3.org>
> > Subject:  Values of CSS properties
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> > I see this pattern in many CSS properties. For example,
> > http://docs.webplatform.org/wiki/css/properties/background-positionSome
> > have generic data types as values (e.g. length), others try to use
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> > What’s the correct way?
> > Personally, I think specific examples can be confusing, since the reader
> > needs to extrapolate the general rule.
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> > Lea Verou
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