RE: [css3-background] box-break keywords

> From: www-style-request@w3.org [mailto:www-style-request@w3.org] On
> Behalf Of fantasai
> Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 11:20 AM
> To: www-style@w3.org
> Subject: [css3-background] box-break keywords
> 
> Currently we have as keywords 'continuous' and 'each-box'. They're not
> very clear, and one person so far has pointed out that continuous is
> hard to spell.
> 
> How about 'slice' and 'separate'?
> 
>    box-break: slice;    /* Draw backgrounds and borders as if box was
> not broken, then slice it into pieces */
>    box-break: separate; /* Draw backgrounds and borders separately for
> each box: separate, then draw */
> 
I like slice. My first reaction to slice/separate as a pair was to 
think of sleep/standby in Windows though :) But given how clear slice is,
the other is fine. Other options that came to mind were slice/split or cut/copy.

Received on Thursday, 29 October 2009 01:55:55 UTC