- From: Chris Lilley <chris@w3.org>
- Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2001 23:11:20 +0200
- To: Stuart Ballard <sballard@netreach.com>
- CC: www-style@w3.org
Stuart Ballard wrote: > > Stuart Ballard wrote: > > > > Since I cannot find any argument *against* this functionality anywhere > > at all other than the second-hand comment in the message I linked, I > > would like to ask what it would take to re-open this issue for possible > > inclusion in CSS3. > > I did a bit more searching and realized that the reason I hadn't been > able to find the old discussion was that it was using the term > "background-size" rather than "background-width/height". It appears > that, (possibly contrary to what I had heard) there is no apparent > actual opposition to this idea. Yes. In fact, stretchy backgrounds are rather appealing, especially given vector image formats such as SVG that stretch rather nicely. > So I'd like to apologize for the tone of my previous message, which was > targetted at changing the minds of some non-existant people who are > opposed to this, and instead simply ask whether this is still under > consideration and what the chances are of seeing it in CSS3 (or any > upcoming CSS3 drafts). The chances would be improved if you would repost your description of how it works here, since the news url you gave previously was nit resolvable when I tried it today. -- Chris
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