[webkit-dev] Use of -webkit- prefix on CSS Values and Properties

Simon Fraser simon.fraser at apple.com
Sun Mar 27 09:27:01 PDT 2011


On Mar 27, 2011, at 9:07 AM, Eric Seidel wrote:

> Do we have any guidelines as to when we use -webkit- for new properties vs not?
> 
> For example, when implementing CSS3 properties (like we are this week
> for the BiDi sprint):
> https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=57181
> https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=50951
> 
> It's unclear to me whether -webkit- is required (or even desired) in
> these cases.

Since unicode-bidi is part of CSS 2.1 <http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS2/visuren.html#direction>,
then it shouldn't need to be prefixed, as long as the implementation is consistent with the 2.1 text.
You should also check that the relevant tests in the CSS 2.1 test suite pass.

Simon



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