- From: David Perrell <davidp@earthlink.net>
- Date: Thu, 14 Jan 1999 16:10:54 -0800
- To: "www-style" <www-style@w3.org>
From: Ian Hickson <py8ieh@bath.ac.uk> > > 'background-repeat' > Value: repeat | repeat-x | repeat-y | > no-repeat [INS:] | stretch [:INS] | inherit > Initial: repeat > Applies to: all elements > Inherited: no > Percentages: N/A > Media: visual > How about two more: 'stretch-x' and 'stretch-y'? Stretch-x would size-to-fit in the x direction and repeat in the y, stretch-y would size-to-fit in the y and repeat in the x. This would allow textured gradients. 'Stretch' is not descriptive for all possibilities. The image might need to be shrunk to fit a smaller box, so it's more a 'fit' than a 'stretch'. Perhaps there is a better name for this value. Authors would almost certainly not want the same background image for gradient as for non-gradient background. So... for backward compatibility an author would specify an element's background twice using the 'background' shorthand? With different URL and new attribute in the second declaration thus overriding the first if the UA understands the new value? David Perrell
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