Re: [css4-background] 9-part slicing images in background-image

• From: Tab Atkins Jr. <jackalmage@gmail.com>
• Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2013 16:57:39 -0700
• To: Dean Jackson <dino@apple.com>
• Cc: www-style list <www-style@w3.org>
• Message-ID: <CAAWBYDCdY=ErtFBaN6G5ZzxXa17Ay+2z6zdisucTjp4FfTfPWA@mail.gmail.com>

On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 4:44 PM, Dean Jackson <dino@apple.com> wrote:
> It would be very nice if the background-image property provided the same functionality as border-image with slicing and stretching 9-part images. Of course there would be some syntactic issues, but 9-part designs are very popular and powerful, especially with responsive designs. It is a shame they are only supported by borders.
>
> Is there interest in such an enhancement?

If so, I feel strongly that it should be a generic image manipulator,
rather than a specialization for 'background'.  Being able to 9-slice
an image and specify stretching behavior sounds possibly useful!

~TJ

Received on Monday, 22 July 2013 23:58:26 UTC