1417143 - "ellipsis" and first+second value "percentage"

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Developer Documentation Graveyard :: General, enhancement, P5)

Description

[prunemaster]

:: Developer Documentation Request

      Request Type: Correction
     Gecko Version: unspecified
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:: Details

re:  https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/border-top-left-radius

"ellipsis" (meaning dots) appears where "ellipse" is intended.

---also---

"With two values:"
"the second value is a <percentage>"

is confusing.  seems to say <length> is not permitted as 2nd value.  probably intended to emphasize % pertains to vertical height dimension.  maybe this could be reworded "WHEN the second value is a <percentage>"


"With one value:"
"...<percentage> denoting the radius of the circle"

the single <percentage> would produce ellipse derived from respective horiz/vert dimensions of the box, yes?

Comment 1

[Chris Mills [:cmills]]

(In reply to prunemaster from comment #0)
> :: Developer Documentation Request
> 
>       Request Type: Correction
>      Gecko Version: unspecified
>  Technical Contact: 
> 
> :: Details
> 
> re:  https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/border-top-left-radius
> 
> "ellipsis" (meaning dots) appears where "ellipse" is intended.

Yup, you are totally right here. I have gone through all the shorthand pages and the longhand page too, and corrected all instances.

> 
> ---also---
> 
> "With two values:"
> "the second value is a <percentage>"
> 
> is confusing.  seems to say <length> is not permitted as 2nd value. 
> probably intended to emphasize % pertains to vertical height dimension. 
> maybe this could be reworded "WHEN the second value is a <percentage>"

It should just be "length or percentage" everywhere. I just tested it. Again, I've changed the instances on all pages. 

> 
> "With one value:"
> "...<percentage> denoting the radius of the circle"
> 
> the single <percentage> would produce ellipse derived from respective
> horiz/vert dimensions of the box, yes?

No - in the case of one value, a circle produces the border radius shape. If it only has one radius length - the same for horizontal and vertical - it is a circle by definition.

Thanks for reporting this! Let me know if you see anything else.