Re: [gradients] basics

On Sun, Nov 8, 2009 at 10:39 PM, Brad Kemper <brad.kemper@gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Nov 8, 2009, at 7:08 PM, "Tab Atkins Jr." <jackalmage@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> We can actually be stronger about this - gradient images are infinite
>> in size (the abstract concept of 'box' used when describing their
>> rendering has no intrinsic size),
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> I don't think that is an accurate statement. They have no intrinsic size,
> but 100% in a color-stop would match the width of the background-size for
> 0deg linear-gradients. That's not infinite size, but is full resolution at
> any size.

Right, but I think his point is just that a color is still defined for
any point beyond the final color-stop, even if it's not displayed.
Even with a finite extent/color-stop box, the gradient itself *could*
cover an infinite plane with color.

However, if a gradient is a generated image, it makes sense to respect
background-size as the canvas (so to speak) that the gradient is drawn
on. That seems to be what most people here had already assumed would
happen. Would percentage-type values for end points scale with
background-size, then?