Re: Talk on radial gradients

On Aug 24, 2009, at 10:07 PM, "Robert O'Callahan"  
<robert@ocallahan.org> wrote:

> 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.

Can you elaborate what you mean? Don't you get repeating radial  
gradients support regardless, via background-repeat and background- 
size? I wouldn't expect an ending circle to provide an intrinsic image  
dimension. Is that what you mean happens in firefox? 
   

Received on Tuesday, 25 August 2009 14:42:39 UTC