[whatwg] [canvas] inner shadows

Ian Hickson ian at hixie.ch
Fri Nov 23 16:03:25 PST 2012


On Fri, 23 Nov 2012, Rik Cabanier wrote:
> 
> It would still be quite complex to draw an inner shadow this way because
> the blur is calculated on the inverse of the shape.
> A user will need to draw to another canvas and then 'clear' it to get the
> inverse.

Turns out it's much easier than that; see my e-mail just now.


> > Is this something implementors would be interested in?
> 
> It seems like this would be easy for them to implement...

That's not really the question. :-)

There's a cost to every feature. We have to prioritise.

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