Gregory's Server@bramus "auto" already has meanings in CSS (width:auto, etc) which implies to me on first read that "auto" means "the default" or "what it would be if you hadn't said anything", which is very much not the same as "we will make up a sort of random string". So I don't like "auto" (I appreciate that "we make up a name" IS the "default" here so "auto" is technically correct, but it confuses me). The point about being auto-generated isn't that it's auto, it's that it's generated. name:generated?
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 @bramus sure! I’m not really saying that it always is; as I say, “auto” is probably technically correct here. But I think the vague “meaning” of auto in people’s heads, and certainly in mine, is a sort of “go back to what it would be if you hadn’t said anything”, which doesn’t quite feel the same as “explicitly set a value but it’s the value we would use if you don’t express a preference”. |
@sil Note that `auto` is not always “the default” though.
The initial-value for `view-transition-name` – which is what I am targeting here – is `none`, not `auto`.