- From: Simon Fraser <smfr@me.com>
- Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2009 08:23:03 -0700
- To: "Tab Atkins Jr." <jackalmage@gmail.com>
- Cc: Brad Kemper <brad.kemper@gmail.com>, "robert@ocallahan.org" <robert@ocallahan.org>, www-style list <www-style@w3.org>
On Aug 25, 2009, at 8:07 AM, Tab Atkins Jr. wrote: > On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 9:41 AM, Brad Kemper<brad.kemper@gmail.com> > wrote: >> 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? > > Yes, please elaborate! Do you mean supplying a color-stop list, and > then cycling through those stops infinitely? > > My syntax is *very much* shaped by my own experience with gradients. > If you've got more use-cases, please share them! <https://developer.mozilla.org/en/CSS/Gradients> has quite a few examples with repeating gradients. We should discuss whether background-repeat: no-repeat turns on gradient repeating mode, as Firefox has implemented. Simon
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