Re: [css-shapes][css-masking] Not specified basic shape

On Dec 22, 2013, at 11:57 PM, Alan Stearns <stearns@adobe.com> wrote:

> On 12/22/13, 12:38 PM, "Dirk Schulze" <dschulze@adobe.com> wrote:
> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> CSS Shapes has the following syntax for the ’shape-outside’ property[1]:
>> 
>> 	auto | [<basic-shape> || <box>] | <image>
>> 
>> This basically allows the following valid example:
>> 
>> 	shape-outside: margin-box;
>> 
>> No shape is specified. What is the shape used for this property?
> 
> This is defined in section 5:
> 
> http://dev.w3.org/csswg/css-shapes/#shapes-from-box-values
> 
> For the regular <box> values, it’s the same shape as defined by those
> values as for background-clip. It’s the corresponding box *with* any
> specified border-radius.
> 
> Figure 3 in Example 7 shows an example with the radii, but I think I need
> to add another example showing content wrapping around a margin-box where
> the border-radius is large.

I see, I misread this. There may be a reference to section 5 for a better understanding. Should be an editorial change.

Another change request (editorial): It seems that we have a 2-3 word description for every property definition heading. Please add this for 'shape-outside’, 'shape-image-threshold’ and 'shape-margin’. See Background and Borders [1].

Greetings,
Dirk

[1] http://dev.w3.org/csswg/css-backgrounds-3/

> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Alan
> 
> 

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