Re: [css3-backgrounds] Should a non-zero border-radius create a new stacking context ? from Brad Kemper on 2010-11-19 (www-style@w3.org from November 2010)

From: Brad Kemper <brad.kemper@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2010 14:06:45 -0800
To: Sylvain Galineau <sylvaing@microsoft.com>
Cc: "www-style@w3.org" <www-style@w3.org>
Message-Id: <CF80FFC3-6DE1-4C93-859A-C0EFADE9EF98@gmail.com>

On Nov 19, 2010, at 12:43 PM, Sylvain Galineau <sylvaing@microsoft.com> wrote:

> It's not  clear to me why this is useful or desirable. Should we treat curved borders as a composition effect similar to opacity or transforms ?

The idea is that even though technically the border box still has sharp corners, visually the border does not. So for visual consistency, if you are clipping to the edge of the border, you should do so where the border is curved also.

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