On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 5:57 PM, Tab Atkins Jr. <jackalmage@gmail.com>wrote: > > That sounds pretty good. So we'd have: > > linear-gradient(to top right, black, white) > > being in the same direction as: > > linear-gradient(45deg, black, white) > I think it is a mistake to tie degree representation of the gradient line to the keyword representation of it. Keywords solve the problem of getting gradient lines diagonal to the box they are on but do not serve any other purpose. As such, my view is keywords should not be considered to possess an equivalent radial representation and the spec should make this clear. I also think CSS authors are familiar by now of the top, right, bottom, left keywords. This intuitively suggests the beginning position. Using the 'to' keyword would beg the question, why there is no equivalent 'to' keywords elsewhere in CSS (also should there be a 'from'?). I think it introduces additional complexity that could be avoided. In my view, this: linear-gradient(top left indianred, 50% midnightblue, right mistyrose); would be something that would be understandable, given we make similar assumptions of default keyword values for background-position http://dev.w3.org/csswg/css3-background/#the-background-position
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