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Re: [css3-background] box-shadow spread Multiple Choice Question

From: Brad Kemper <brad.kemper@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2010 10:18:13 -0700
Message-Id: <5335F883-E8E7-47A7-A46B-48430FD4CCD0@gmail.com>
To: Brendan Kenny <bckenny@gmail.com>
Cc: Brian Manthos <brianman@microsoft.com>, fantasai <fantasai.lists@inkedblade.net>, "www-style@w3.org" <www-style@w3.org>


On Jun 10, 2010, at 9:39 AM, Brendan Kenny <bckenny@gmail.com> wrote:

> and as usually implemented (as a Gaussian or Gaussian-like function),
> radius is the more appropriate term.

How so? I'm willing to admit that maybe you know something I don't, so  
please clarify: if I have 'box-shadow: 0 0 8px black' then what is 8px  
the radius of? Where is the other half of the circle for which 8px is  
a radius?


> The current language would just have to be tweaked accordingly.


Right. It wouldn't change authoring or implementation (maybe a few  
blogs would need updating). I think I'd be more comfortable with  
something like this:

"The blur is perpendicular to and centered on the shadow's edge and  
defines a gradient color transition ranging from the full shadow color  
at the endpoint of the blur inside the shadow to fully transparent at  
the endpoint outside it."
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