- From: David Perrell <davidp@hpaa.com>
- Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2009 12:50:20 -0700
- To: <www-style@w3.org>
Paul wrote:
| I suggest using the verb 'flip' rather than 'mirror' since it's shorter
| and the preferred term used in many leading graphics packages such as
| Photoshop.
I'm inclined to agree because there's not much need for both flip and mirror to apply to a single background image. But I don't like my initial suggestion as to how it would work. Using the background-repeat syntax is better:
Name: background-flip
Value: [ <flip> [ , <flip> ]*
Initial: no-flip
Applies to: all elements
Where <flip> means:
flip-x | flip-y | mirror-x | mirror-y |[flip | mirror | no-flip]{1,2}
Specifying
background-flip: mirror-x;
to mirror the left half onto the right seems easy enough to understand and remember.
- davidp
Received on Saturday, 22 August 2009 19:51:05 UTC