RE: [css3-background]

Lev Solntsev:
> Hello!
>
> Now CSS Backgrounds and Borders Module Level 3 working draft says
> that you can specify color only on final background layer. It could be
> reasonable because one can see nothing under the solid colored
> background. But there is one option that left forgotten: semi-transparent
> colors, which can be defined with hsla or rgba.
>
> Imagine, I may want to place a picture on background, then blend it by
> semitransparent black or white, and place some picture on top. I can't
> do it now with current background syntax and I believe that the specification
> must allow this scenario.
>
>Of course, I can fake semitransparent color by a special cooked picture but is it what CSS is called to avoid, isn't it?

Hi! :)

The "now" part confuses me a little.  I think that's been there for 2-3 years at this point.

Some related prior discussion:
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2011Sep/0381.html

Received on Monday, 27 February 2012 20:32:24 UTC