Re: [css3-images] linear-gradient keywords and angles are opposite

On Jun 9, 2011, at 4:23 PM, Tab Atkins Jr. wrote:

> On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 11:34 AM, Brian Manthos <brianman@microsoft.com> wrote:
>> Paraphrasing [1]:
>> When specified via angle, the angle can be understood as both the direction ("toward the <angle>") and the ending point ("ends at <angle>").
>> 
>> Paraphrasing [2] and [3]:
>> When specified via keyword, the keyword can be understood as both opposite direction ("away from the <keyword(s)>") and the starting point ("starts at  <keyword>").
>> 
>> 
>> Is it intentional that these two ways of specifying gradient-line are opposite?
> 
> I've just committed a change to switch the way keywords are interpreted.
> 
> I'm sticking with top/right/bottom/left for now, but explicitly saying
> that they indicate where the ending-point of the gradient should be.

I don't like this, for the reason that fantasai described earlier in the thread. I think it's more intuitive for the keyword to describe the starting position of the gradient. It comes as the first parameter, so logically associates with the start of the gradient. Similarly, in the declaration it comes next to the first color stop, so mentally will be associated with that stop.

linear-gradient(left, black, white)

It just obviously a black->white gradient from left to right. Being right-to-left just hurts my brain.

Simon

Received on Friday, 10 June 2011 00:05:45 UTC