Re: Gradient syntax proposal

Brad Kemper wrote:
> 
> On Aug 17, 2009, at 8:15 PM, Tab Atkins Jr. wrote:
> 
>> Also, if you haven't seen it in a while, I've upgraded the CSS on my
>> document viewer (from "none" to "some"), so it's actually halfway
>> pleasant to read now.
>>
>> http://www.xanthir.com/document/document.php?id=d65df9d10442ef96c2dfe5e1d7bbebf7aa42f2bcf24e68fc3777c4b484fa8a4ce55fed2189cac20ccad8686127f4c08917c4ca8b7614e9f89c2a950ec083a9c6
> 
> In your last example, you could get about the same gradient with this:
> 
> |background: linear-gradient(-70deg / yellow 52px, blue (100% - 52px));|
> 
> 
> ...if that was the effect you wanted, and you didn't have the extra (and 
> I would say unneeded) grammar of bg-position.
> 
> My point is, it's cleaner and simpler not to have several different ways 
> to do the same thing. Simpler to learn, simpler to read, avoids 
> confusion about the different forms.
> 
> I suggest we have a second slash for when people want to measure from 
> the apposing corner/side. So that the above could be written as:
> 
> |background: linear-gradient(-70deg / yellow 52px / blue 52px);|
> 
> ([<angle> | <side-or-corner>] / <color> <distance-or-%-from-start> 
> [,<color> <distance-or-%-from-start>]* [/ <color> 
> <distance-or-%-from-end> [,<color> <distance-or-%-from-end>]*]?)

I think that's really confusing.

~fantasai

Received on Wednesday, 19 August 2009 17:42:03 UTC