- From: Brad Kemper <brad.kemper@gmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2011 21:13:59 -0700
- To: fantasai <fantasai.lists@inkedblade.net>
- Cc: "www-style@w3.org" <www-style@w3.org>
On Jun 9, 2011, at 8:47 PM, fantasai <fantasai.lists@inkedblade.net> wrote: > On 06/10/2011 11:44 AM, Florian Rivoal wrote: >>>> Secondly the default for a linear-gradient should be top. The below >>>> gradients would be identical. >>>> >>>> linear-gradient(pink, orange 50px, blue 50px, lime); linear-gradient(top, >>>> pink, orange 50px, blue 50px, lime); >>> >>> Mind elaborating on why you think the default should be top ? Or is it >>> related to the discussion below ? >> >> I would argue in favor of upwards (aka "from bottom", aka old "bottom", aka new "top" ), as the default. The nice thing about >> having a default orientation, besides the fact that you don't have to say it explicitly if that's the one you need, is that >> then, we can define gradients described with an angle as rotate clockwise from the default orientation. >> >> Since we've agreed that 0 degrees gradients are upwards gradients, upwards should be the default. > > I disagree. If I just wrote > linear-gradient(navy, blue, aqua) > I think it would make more sense for the first value to be the top and the > last to be the bottom, just like text content starts at the top and ends > at the bottom. Hmm. When I read your "navy, blue, aqua" text, it starts on the left and ends on the right.
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