Re: [css3-background] blending on 'box-shadow' and 'text-shadow'

Another idea could be to make blend-mode a shorthand. That would avoid 
adding multiple semi-related properties. Perhaps something like:

blend-mode: <blend-mode-text> <blend-mode-background> <blend-mode-border>;

(note that order is significant, for disambiguation purposes)

However, neither your `text-blend-mode` idea nor this one addresses your 
original use case, i.e. applying blending modes to the shadows only.

Lea Verou (http://lea.verou.me | @LeaVerou)


On 11/4/12 09:53, Rik Cabanier wrote:
> Maybe a new separate keyword makes more sense and doesn't introduce 
> all these exceptions.
>
> The spec text for 'color' states:
>
>     This property describes the foreground color of an element's text
>     content (http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-color/#foreground)
>
> We could call it 'text-blend-mode'...
>
> Rik
> On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 9:34 AM, Brad Kemper <brad.kemper@gmail.com 
> <mailto:brad.kemper@gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>
>     On Apr 11, 2012, at 9:10 AM, Rik Cabanier wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>     On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 8:50 AM, Brad Kemper
>>     <brad.kemper@gmail.com <mailto:brad.kemper@gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>         On Apr 10, 2012, at 5:51 PM, Lea Verou <leaverou@gmail.com
>>         <mailto:leaverou@gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>         > I think this problem should be solved more generically,
>>         rather than adding keywords to random properties. For
>>         example, the `difference` blending mode could be used on text
>>         color to make it more legible regardless of background. Or,
>>         blending modes on borders and/or backgrounds could produce
>>         quite interesting effects. They could also replace the
>>         `invert` keyword on `outline`.
>>         > Maybe a function that can be used in place of any <color>
>>         value?
>>
>>         That was my first thought. Maybe even just extending rgba()
>>         and hsla() to be able to do this sort of thing:
>>         rgba(255,255,0,1,m) to multiply, and rgba(255,255,0,1,s) to
>>         screen.
>>
>>
>>     Doing it that way forces people to use the 'rgba' notation so
>>     they won't be able to do 'color: red screen'
>
>     You wouldn't be able to do that as part of any <color> anyway,
>     because the space would confuse shorthand properties that use a
>     space. Maybe if there was a new separator that wasn't used
>     elsewhere it would work, like 'background: red•screen'.
>
>>     Another issue is that this implies that you can use it in
>>     gradient color stops which would be very strange.
>
>     True. Same issue if you use 'red screen' or 'red•screen' in a
>     gradient. Or if you use any syntax of color mode in an animation
>     or transition to go between two color modes. You'd have to say
>     that there is a sharp cutoff midway between any two color modes.
>
>