- From: fantasai <fantasai.lists@inkedblade.net>
- Date: Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:04:44 -0800
- To: robert@ocallahan.org
- CC: www-style list <www-style@w3.org>
Robert O'Callahan wrote: > On Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 12:14 PM, Simon Fraser <smfr@me.com > <mailto:smfr@me.com>> wrote: > > I was trying to avoid "magic" default values, so was defaulting to > top left. > > I don't see how "top left" is less magical that "top center". They're > both arbitrary, and one is more useful than the other. Agreed. > Note that I was also trying to have the points follow the same > shorthand rules as background-position, where an omitted value > defaults to 'center'. So 'top' becomes 'center top'. > > > Defaulting to "center" to be consistent with background-position would > be the right thing to do if "center" was at all useful for gradients, > but unfortunately it isn't. background-position's initial value is 0% 0%, i.e. top left. image-position/fit-position's initial value is 50% 50%, i.e. center. In the places where we use background positioning syntax, the default value if none is given changes depending on what is most useful. ~fantasai
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