Re: Comments on gradients proposal

On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 4:57 PM, Robert O'Callahan <robert@ocallahan.org> wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 2:08 AM, Tab Atkins Jr. <jackalmage@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> Yup.  Can you suggest any way to phrase that better?  Basically the
>> idea is just that the gradient-line is as long as possible while the
>> perpendicular is still intersecting the box.  It may be best to
>> rewrite it something like that.
>
> I'm not sure of the best way to word that.

Hmm, k.  I'll think on it a bit.

> Another question:
>>
>> <angle> is from the Values Module, and has the same definition; if
>> relevant, the angle is normalized to within the range [0,360deg).
>
> If it's omitted, what's the default? 0?

If it's omitted, it's covered by a different paragraph (there's one
paragraph for each of the four provided/omitted possibilities, as the
intuitive defaults change):

> If the <angle> is omitted in the first argument, the <bg-position> specifies the starting-point of the gradient-line. The ending-point is obtained by rotating the starting-point 180 degrees around the center of the box. For example, specifying "right" would place the starting-point in the center of the right edge of the box (as described by Backgrounds and Borders) and the ending-point in the center of the left edge, producing a horizontal gradient that went from right to left. Specifying "top left" would place the starting-point in the top-left corner of the box, and the ending-point in the bottom-right corner of the box, and would produce a diagonal gradient. Specifying "left 10px" would place the starting-point at the left edge, 10px from the top and the ending-point on the right edge, 10px from the bottom - if you would like a horizontal gradient that start 10px in from the left edge, specify "10px center" or "left 10px center". Refer to the Backgrounds and Borders Module for more examples.

~TJ

Received on Tuesday, 20 October 2009 22:15:05 UTC