Re: when do transitions occur?

On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 2:41 AM, Brian Manthos <brianman@microsoft.com> wrote:
> As hinted by Tab's observation about "future shorthanding", the assertion that a background transition should not fire is debatable.
>
> Let's get more concrete.
>
> Example D (CSS3)
>        from    { text-shadow: 1px 2px 3px red; }
>        to      { text-shadow: 1px 2px 3px blue; }
>
> Example E (CSSn, where n > 3)
>        from    { text-shadow: 1px 2px 3px pink; text-shadow-color: red; }
>        to      { text-shadow: 1px 2px 3px cyan; text-shadow-color: blue; }
>
> Should a text-shadow transition event fire for case D (non-shorthand) but not for case E (shorthand)?
>
>
> I would expect the 4 scenarios to behave as follows.
>
>
> CSS3 browser - Example D
> 1. text-shadow event ("1px 2px 3px red" -> "1px 2px 3px blue")
>
> CSS3 browser - Example E
> 1. text-shadow event ("1px 2px 3px pink" -> "1px 2px 3px cyan")
>
> CSSn browser - Example D
> 1. text-shadow event ("1px 2px 3px red" -> "1px 2px 3px blue")
> 2. text-shadow-color event ("red" -> "blue")
>
> CSSn browser - Example E
> 1. text-shadow event ("1px 2px 3px red" -> "1px 2px 3px blue")
> 2. text-shadow-color event ("red" -> "blue")

Agreed with all of these - this is the only way I can see it working
sanely with the possibility of turning properties into shorthands in
the future.

~TJ