RE: [css3-animations] multiple occurrences of the same 'animation-name'

[Tab Atkins Jr.:] 
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> On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 10:12 PM, L. David Baron <dbaron@dbaron.org> wrote:
> > I think http://dev.w3.org/csswg/css3-animations/ doesn't say what
> > happens for this testcase:
> >
> >   @keyframes bounce { from { margin-left: 0px } to { margin-left: 100px
> } }
> >   p { animation: bounce 1s linear, bounce 3s linear }
> >
> > In particular, it doesn't say which of these two animations overrides
> > the other.  This is due to a quirk in wording here:
> >
> >   # If at one point in time there are multiple animations
> >   # specifying behavior for the same property, the animation whose
> >   # name occurs last in the value of ‘animation-name’ will override
> >   # the other animations at that point.
> >    -- http://dev.w3.org/csswg/css3-animations/#animations

> >
> > Since "the animation whose name occurs last in the value of
> > 'animation-name'" doesn't disambiguate the two, since they have the
> > same name.
> >
> > I think dropping the "whose name" would probably make it correct, but
> > it might be worth making things a little clearer than that.
> 
> Good catch.  I think just doing s/whose name/which/ would be sufficient.
> I think the only reason you caught the difference is because you're
> explicitly rules-lawyering; my interpretation of that sentence was always
> what we're assuming it intends to say.
> 
Indeed, it appears to be an editorial issue. But since at least one browser
currently runs the first one I'd rather be clear. Maybe even using an example.

Filed as bug 20609[1].

[1] https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=20609

Received on Tuesday, 8 January 2013 23:35:09 UTC