Re: Repeating gradient syntax question

This certainly feels a lot friendlier and less verbose to me. 

On 24 Jan 2011, at 21:15, Fraser Pearce wrote:

> Hi,
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> In reading the syntax I can't help but feel the way the repeated gradients work is still a bit long winded and seeminly duplicitive of the non repeat. I can think of two other, potentially better, ways of writing it in CSS that would be simpler and clearer.
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> My preferred method would simply to have a repeat keyword in the syntax, so the following:
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> -webkit-repeating-linear-gradient(left, red, green, blue)
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> Would be written:
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> -webkit-linear-gradient(left, red, green, blue, repeat)
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> The other option would be to observe the background-repeat value instead, seeing as ultimately these gradients are generated background images… but in this option I can't help but think I'm missing taking into account some kind of effect you wouldn't be able to do this way.
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> Thoughts?
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