RE: [css3-backgrounds] Example XV inconsistent with prose of section 3.6

For rendering yes, for OM no...

- Brian

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tab Atkins Jr. [mailto:jackalmage@gmail.com]
> Sent: Monday, September 13, 2010 4:54 PM
> To: Brian Manthos
> Cc: www-style@w3.org
> Subject: Re: [css3-backgrounds] Example XV inconsistent with prose of
> section 3.6
> 
> On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 4:47 PM, Brian Manthos
> <brianman@microsoft.com> wrote:
> > http://dev.w3.org/csswg/css3-background/

> > 3.6  The ‘background-position’ property If only one value is
> > specified, the second value is assumed to be ‘center’.
> >
> > 3.10  The ‘background’ shorthand property p { background: 40%
> > url("chess.png") / 10em gray
> >        round fixed border-box; }
> > is equivalent to:
> > …
> > background-position: 40% 50%;
> > …
> >
> >
> > I believe this is incorrect.
> >
> > The equivalent is
> >         background-position: 40% center; or
> >         background-position: 40%;
> >
> >
> > Am I misunderstanding?
> 
> 'center' and '50%' are equivalent in the context of a background-position.
> 
> ~TJ

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