Re: [css3-images] Editorial: "Bounding box"

On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 6:29 AM, Leif Arne Storset <lstorset@opera.com> wrote:
> I reviewed CSS3 Image Values and found no major issues. I did find some
> minor or editorial issues. Here is the first:
>
> Under 3.3 element(), in the sections labelled "Otherwise":
>
> | The function represents an image with width and height equal to the
> | bounding box of the referenced element.
>
> [plus several more mentions of "bounding box"]
>
> "Bounding box" is not defined in this spec or in CSS 2.1. In other
> contexts, the term "bounding box" often refers to the total painted
> area for an element, including shadows and overflow. I suspect
> "border box" is what is meant, since shadows and some border images are
> excluded.

Yes, I did indeed mean "border box".  Fixed and logged as issue 3.

~TJ

Received on Wednesday, 1 February 2012 18:26:03 UTC