- From: Florian Rivoal <florianr@opera.com>
- Date: Tue, 09 Aug 2011 23:58:40 +0900
- To: www-style@w3.org
On Tue, 09 Aug 2011 23:51:26 +0900, Tab Atkins Jr. <jackalmage@gmail.com>
wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 6:04 AM, Florian Rivoal <florianr@opera.com>
> wrote:
>>> It may be omitted; if so, it defaults to "to bottom".
>>
>> I am somewhat uncomfortable with having the direction when everything is
>> omitted be different from 0 deg, but the current wording makes it
>> equivalent
>> to 180 deg.
>
> That's been the behavior for forever. I based it off the fact that
> the plurality of linear gradients on the web were vertical, and it
> seemed most natural to have the colors start at the top rather than
> the bottom. I'd rather not change it unless there's a very good
> reason.
My only reason is I find 0 to be a more intuitive default. If there is
already consensus that the current default is good, ignore me.
- Florian
Received on Tuesday, 9 August 2011 14:59:16 UTC