# CSS Image Values and Replaced Content Level 3 Disposition of Comments

Last call document: http://www.w3.org/TR/2012/WD-css3-images-20120112/

Editor's draft: http://dev.w3.org/csswg/css3-images/

The following color coding convention is used for comments:

- Accepted or Rejected + verified
- Rejected and not verified
- Deferred
- Out-of-Scope or Invalid and not verified
- Formal Objection (There were no formal objections.)

An issue can be closed as `Accepted`, `OutOfScope`, `Invalid`, `Rejected`, or `Retracted`. `Verified` indicates commentor's acceptance of the response.

    Issue 1.
    Summary:  Use linear RGB for gradients
    From:     Witold Baryluk
    Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Jan/0607.html
    Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Jan/0617.html
    Closed:   Rejected
    Verified: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Jan/0635.html

    Issue 2.
    Summary:  Don't use prepositions in linear-gradient()
    From:     Robert Biggs
    Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Jan/0720.html
    Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Jan/0783.html
    Comment:  (private mail - accepted resolution for radial-gradient, but
               didn't accept it for linear-gradient)
    Note:     http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2011Aug/0271.html
    Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/0384.html
    Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/0387.html
    Closed:   Rejected
    Verified: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Mar/0549.html

    Issue 3.
    Summary:  Use of 'bounding box' is undefined, should be 'border box'
    From:     Leif Arne Storset
    Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/0033.html
    Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/1386.html
    Closed:   Accepted+Deferred
    Verified: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/1399.html
    Deferred: The element() feature has been deferred to Level 4.

    Issue 4.
    Summary:  'element reference identifier' underdefined
    From:     David Baron
    Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/0253.html
    Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/0265.html
    Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/1398.html
    Closed:   Accepted+Deferred
    Deferred: The element() feature has been deferred to Level 4.

    Issue 5.
    Summary:  The element() cycle detection algo phrasing implies an incremental
              algorithm.
    From:     David Baron
    Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/0251.html
    Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/0269.html
    Closed:   Accepted+Deferred
    Deferred: The element() feature has been deferred to Level 4.

    Issue 6.
    Summary:  The element() cycle detection algo misses cycles caused by
              host-language elements.
    From:     David Baron
    Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/0254.html
    Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/0270.html
    Closed:   Accepted+Deferred
    Deferred: The element() feature has been deferred to Level 4.

    Issue 7.
    Summary:  The term "paint sources" is insufficiently defined, and should
              have explicit definitions for HTML and SVG.
    From:     David Baron
    Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/0252.html
    Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/0264.html
    Closed:   Accepted+Deferred
    Deferred: The element() feature has been deferred to Level 4.

    Issue 8.
    Summary:  HTML's definition of "paint source" only exists in the WHATWG
              version of HTML5, so it should be directly linked to.
    From:     Leif Arne Storset
    Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/0267.html
    Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/0271.html
    Closed:   Accepted+Deferred
    Deferred: The element() feature has been deferred to Level 4.

    Issue 9.
    Summary:  'image-orientation' should be applied before any other transformations
    From:     呂康豪 (Kang-Hao Lu)
    Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/0404.html
    Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/0517.html
    Closed:   Accepted

    Issue 10.
    Summary:  Concrete Object Size resolution algorithm has clumsy text,
              implying that only one dimension is resolved in one of the steps
    From:     呂康豪 (Kang-Hao Lu)
    Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/0395.html
    Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/0518.html
    Closed:   Accepted

    Issue 11.
    Summary:  element() examples still used old IDENT syntax.
    From:     呂康豪 (Kang-Hao Lu)
    Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/0394.html
    Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/0519.html
    Closed:   Accepted+Deferred
    Deferred: The element() feature has been deferred to Level 4.

    Issue 12.
    Summary:  specify element() behavior when the selector matches multiple elements
    From:     呂康豪 (Kang-Hao Lu)
    Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/0394.html
    Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/0519.html
    Closed:   Accepted+Deferred
    Deferred: The element() feature has been deferred to Level 4.

    Issue 13.
    Summary:  specify that relative image() urls compute to absolute
    From:     呂康豪 (Kang-Hao Lu)
    Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/0393.html
    Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/0696.html
    Closed:   Accepted

    Issue 14.
    Summary:  image() shouldn't require implementations to support Media Fragments
    From:     呂康豪 (Kang-Hao Lu)
    Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/0388.html
    Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/1049.html
    Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/1102.html
    Closed:   Partially Accepted - keep requirement, but add a generalized form
              of the commenter's idea as well, as suggested by fantasai

    Issue 15.
    Summary:  Better define how image-orientation interacts with EXIF data
    From:     Simon Fraser
    Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/0311.html
    Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/0877.html
    Closed:   Accepted

    Issue 16.
    Summary:  Gradients shouldn't transition using premultiplied alpha.
    From:     Rik Cabanier
    Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/1071.html
    Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/1081.html
    Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/1090.html
    Closed:   Rejected
    Verified: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/1084.html

    Issue 17.
    Summary:  element() function should move to the next level of Images
    From:     Simon Fraser
    Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/0324.html
    Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/0347.html
    Closed:   Accepted

    Issue 18.
    Summary:  Define 'dpi' and 'dpcm' in terms of the real physical units,
              not the CSS units
    From:     呂康豪 (Kang-Hao Lu)
    Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/0408.html
    Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/0430.html
    Closed:   Rejected
    Verified: krijnhoetmer.nl/irc-logs/whatwg/20120222#l-80

    Issue 19.
    Summary:  Several typos
    From:     呂康豪 (Kang-Hao Lu)
    Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/0408.html
    Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/0430.html
    Closed:   Accepted

    Issue 20.
    Summary:  It's unclear if image-resolution is supposed to apply to images
              specified in CSS
    From:     Simon Fraser
    Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/0323.html
    Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/0329.html
    Closed:   Accepted

    Issue 21.
    Summary:  The spec points to Values & Units for a definition of <position>,
              but it's not defined there.
    From:     Lea Verou
    Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Jan/0950.html
    Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/1106.html
    Closed:   Rejected
    Verified: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/1107.html

    Issue 22.
    Summary:  There should be a non-example reference to CSSElementMap
    From:     Simon Fraser
    Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/0268.html
    Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/0266.html
    Closed:   Accepted+Deferred
    Deferred: The element() feature has been deferred to Level 4.

    Issue 23.
    Summary:  Wording of 'object-fit:fill' seems to imply that the content box
              *must* be filled
    From:     Leif Arne Storset
    Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/0034.html
    Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/0099.html
    Closed:   Accepted

    Issue 24.
    Summary:  'object-fit:cover/contain' contain seemingly redundant text
    From:     Leif Arne Storset
    Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/0036.html
    Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/0098.html
    Note:     http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2011May/0638.html
    Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/1122.html
    Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Mar/0517.html
    Closed:   Accepted
    Verified: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Mar/0525.html

    Issue 25.
    Summary:  "Concentric ellipses" is imprecise
    From:     呂康豪 (Kang-Hao Lu)
    Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/1361.html
    Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/1375.html
    Closed:   Accepted
    Verified: XXX NEEDS REVIEW

    Issue 26.
    Summary:  specify alignment of varying-size pages for broken element()
    From:     fantasai
    Closed:   Accepted

    Issue 27.
    Summary:  Allow image() to accept element()
    From:     TabAtkins
    Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/0265.html
    Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/1143.html
    Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/1398.html
    Closed:   Accepted+Deferred
    Deferred: The element() feature has been deferred to Level 4.

    Issue 28.
    Summary:  Use of <svg> as a paint source
    From:     Erik Dahlstrom
    Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/1124.html
    Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/1131.html
    Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/1137.html
    Closed:   Rejected+Deferred
    Verified: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/1250.html
    Deferred: The element() feature has been deferred to Level 4.

    Issue 29.
    Summary:  Clarify "not rendered"
    From:     Erik Dahlstrom
    Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/1124.html
    Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/1137.html
    Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/1250.html
    Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/1265.html
    Closed:   Accepted+Deferred
    Verified: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/1330.html
    Deferred: The element() feature has been deferred to Level 4.

    Issue 30.
    Summary:  Style resolution of elements not in document
    From:     Boris Zbarsky
    Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/1256.html
    Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/1268.html
    Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/1269.html
    Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/1278.html
    Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/1279.html
    Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/1288.html
    Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/1350.html
    Closed:   ???
    Verified: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/1356.html
    Deferred: The element() feature has been deferred to Level 4.

    Issue 31.
    Summary:  Define precisely how SVG paint servers are used as paint sources
    Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/1250.html (bottom)
    Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/1265.html (bottom)
    Closed:   Accepted
    Verified: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/1330.html (bottom)
    Deferred: The element() feature has been deferred to Level 4.

    Issue 32.
    Summary:  objectBoundingBox and userSpaceOnUse are defined to be identical
    Note:     raised against edits resulting from other issues, not against LC
    From:     Dirk Schulze
    Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/1296.html
    Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/1304.html
    Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/1305.html
    Closed:   Invalid

    Issue 33.
    Summary:  aliasing of object-fit/object-position
    From:     Erik Dahlstrom
    Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/1126.html
    Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/1127.html
    Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Mar/0518.html
    Closed:   Accepted
    Verified: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Mar/0526.html

    Issue 34.
    Summary:  element() and 3D Transforms
    From:     Dirk Schulze
    Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/1294.html
    Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/1297.html
    Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/1325.html
    Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/1334.html
    Closed:   Deferred to Level 4.
    Deferred: The element() feature has been deferred to Level 4.

    Issue 35.
    Summary:  GCPM element() and Images element()
    From:     fantasai / Håkon Lie
    Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/1430.html
    Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/1433.html
    Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Mar/0012.html
    Closed:   Deferred to Level 4
    Deferred: The element() feature has been deferred to Level 4.

    Issue 36.
    Summary:  Clarify scope of required Media Fragments support for image()
    From:     David Baron
    Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Mar/0152.html
    Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Mar/0493.html
    Closed:   Accepted

    Issue 37.
    Summary:  ltr/rtl annotations should be per image() not per URL
    From:     呂康豪 (Kang-Hao Lu)
    Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Mar/0243.html
    Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Mar/0519.html
    Closed:   Deferred to Level 4
    Deferred: The directional images feature has been deferred to Level 4.

    Issue 38.
    Summary:  Default object size for replaced elements is incorrect
    From:     David Baron
    Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Mar/0336.html
    Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Mar/0339.html
    Closed:   Accepted

    Issue 39.
    Summary:  Concrete object size should link to algorithm
    From:     David Baron
    Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Mar/0337.html
    Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Mar/0342.html
    Closed:   Accepted

    Issue 40.
    Summary:  Editorial comments on linear-gradient()
    From:     David Baron
    Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Mar/0338.html
    Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Mar/0341.html
    Closed:   Accepted

    Issue 41.
    Summary:  Combine directional images into image-orientation
    From:     呂康豪 (Kang-Hao Lu)
    Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Mar/0397.html
    Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Mar/0513.html
    Note:     See also Issue 37
    Closed:   Deferred to Level 4
    Deferred: The directional images feature has been deferred to Level 4.

    Issue 42.
    Summary:  image-orientation should inherit
    From:     呂康豪 (Kang-Hao Lu)
    Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Mar/0397.html
    Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Mar/0513.html
    Closed:   Accepted

    Issue 43.
    Summary:  Handling of negative color stops unclear
    From:     David Baron
    Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Mar/0357.html
    Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Mar/0372.html
    Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Mar/0378.html
    Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Mar/0380.html
    Closed:   Accepted
    Verified: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Mar/0393.html

    Issue 44.
    Summary:  Clarifications to intrinsic sizing terminology
    From:     David Baron
    Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Mar/0358.html
    Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Mar/0414.html
    Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Mar/0496.html
    Closed:   Accepted

    Issue 45.
    Summary:  Define closest aspect ratio more precisely
    From:     Øyvind Stenhaug
    Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Mar/0402.html
    Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Mar/0498.html
    Closed:   Accepted
    Verified: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Mar/0527.html

    Issue 46.
    Summary:  Accessibility Review
    From:     Michael Cooper
    Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Mar/0361.html
    Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Mar/0366.html
    Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Mar/0368.html
    Closed:   Accepted

    Issue 47.
    Summary:  Interaction of object-fit and default sizing algorithm is messy
    From:     David Baron
    Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Mar/0363.html
    Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Mar/0425.html
    Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Mar/0577.html
    Closed:   Accepted

    Issue 48.
    Summary:  SVG with one intrinsic dimension and an aspect ratio
    From:     David Baron
    Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Mar/0364.html
    Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Mar/0415.html
    Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Mar/0496.html
    Closed:   Accepted

    Issue 49.
    Summary:  object-fit's resizing behavior doesn't account for mixed min/max constraints
    From:     David Baron
    Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Mar/0369.html
    Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Mar/0370.html
    Closed:   Invalid via Issue 24 edits

    Issue 50.
    Summary:  image-orientation application unclear wrt background / 'content' images
    From:     David Baron
    Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Mar/0388.html
    Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Mar/0412.html
    Closed:   Accepted

    Issue 51.
    Summary:  Capitalization of MAY inconsistent
    From:     David Baron
    Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Mar/0389.html
    Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Mar/0413.html
    Closed:   Accepted

    Issue 52.
    Summary:  Editorial clarification to concrete object size determination
    From:     David Baron
    Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Mar/0365.html
    Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Mar/0550.html
    Closed:   Accepted

    Issue 53.
    Summary:  Remove out-of-document element references feature
    From:     Tab Atkins and fantasai
    Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Mar/0477.html
    Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Mar/0487.html
    Closed:   Accepted