Re: Talk on radial gradients

Agreed. Repeating radial gradients may be useful.


From: Robert O'Callahan 
Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2009 7:07 AM
To: Tab Atkins Jr. 
Cc: Simon Fraser ; www-style list 
Subject: Re: Talk on radial gradients


On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 10:15 AM, Tab Atkins Jr. <jackalmage@gmail.com> wrote:

  I'm just really hesitant to add an explicit ending-circle declaration,
  because it's rather complex (a full bg-position to place the center,
  then up to two radiuses to finish it out).  I think you can get the
  effects you want just by using <length> on your color-stops, and that
  this technique is probably roughly as easy as an explicit
  ending-circle declaration.  I'll change it if I have to, but I'm wary
  of it.


An ending-circle is necessary if you're going to support repeating radial gradients, which I think we should. -moz-radial-gradient supports them, and they're pretty cool.

Rob
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