On Jun 27, 2014, at 11:26 AM, Daniel Weber <[email protected]> wrote:

> I’m running into some trouble developing an app that needs to parse multiple 
> CSS background values. The problem is that WebKit isn’t returning the same 
> number of values for “background-image”, “background-position”, 
> “background-size”, “background-repeat”, and “background-attachment”. If there 
> are 3 background images, I would expect that all of the background properties 
> contain 3 values, separated by commas. But that doesn’t seem to be the case. 
> For example, I parse the following CSS text:
> 
>> background: url(http://example.com/image.png), linear-gradient(rgb(255,0,0), 
>> blue) center top repeat-y scroll, 10px 10px no-repeat scroll;
> 
> 
> I then call CSSStyleDeclaration.cssText and I get:
> 
>> background-image: url(http://example.com/image.png), 
>> linear-gradient(rgb(255, 0, 0), blue), initial; background-attachment: 
>> initial, scroll, scroll; background-origin: initial, initial, initial; 
>> background-clip: initial, initial, initial; background-size: initial, 
>> initial, initial; background-position: 50% 0%, 10px 10px; background-repeat: 
>> repeat-y, no-repeat;
> 
> 
> Notice that there are 3 values for background-image (a url, a gradient, and 
> “initial” for the last one because it doesn’t specify an image). There are 3 
> values for background-attachment, background-origin, background-clip, and 
> background-size. But the problem is with background-position and 
> background-repeat. They only have 2 values because only 2 of the backgrounds 
> specify these properties. But then how do I know that the first background 
> does not specify a background-position or background-repeat? It seems to me 
> there should be an “initial” placeholder for these properties. Am I missing 
> something?

Assuming other browsers get this right, please file a bug.

Simon

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