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<h1>CSS Shapes Module Level 1</h1>

<pre class='metadata'>
Status: ED
Work Status: Testing
Shortname: css-shapes
Level: 1
Group: csswg
TR: https://www.w3.org/TR/css-shapes/
ED: https://drafts.csswg.org/css-shapes/
Editor: Vincent Hardy, Adobe Systems&#44; Inc., vhardy@adobe.com
Editor: Rossen Atanassov, Microsoft Corporation, ratan@microsoft.com
Editor: Alan Stearns, Adobe Systems&#44; Inc., stearns@adobe.com
!Issues list: <a href="https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/buglist.cgi?query_format=advanced&amp;product=CSS&amp;component=Shapes&amp;resolution=---&amp;cmdtype=doit">In Bugzilla</a>
Abstract: CSS Shapes describe geometric shapes for use in CSS. For Level 1, CSS Shapes can be applied to floats. A circle shape on a float will cause inline content to <a>wrap</a> around the circle shape instead of the float's bounding box.
Link Defaults: css21 (property) margin
</pre>

<style type="text/css">
	.singleImgExample {
		display: block;
		margin: auto;
	}
</style>

<h2 id="intro">
Introduction</h2>

<em>This section is not normative.</em>

	Shapes define arbitrary geometries
	that can be used as CSS values.
	This specification defines properties
	to control the geometry
	of an element's <a>float area</a>.
	The 'shape-outside' property uses shape values
	to define the <a>float area</a> for a float.

	Note: Future levels of CSS Shapes will allow use of shapes
	on elements other than floats.
	Other CSS modules can make use of shapes as well,
	such as CSS Masking [[CSS-MASKING]]
	and CSS Exclusions [[CSS3-EXCLUSIONS]].

	Note: If a user agent implements both CSS Shapes
	and CSS Exclusions,
	the 'shape-outside' property defines
	the exclusion area for an exclusion.

	Note: A future level of CSS Shapes will define a shape-inside property,
	which will define a shape to <a>wrap</a> content within the element.

<h3 id="module-interactions">
Module Interactions</h3>

	This module extends the float features defined in [[!CSS21]] chapter 9.

<h3 id="values">Values</h3>

	This specification follows the CSS property definition conventions from [[!CSS21]]. Value types not defined in these specifications are defined in CSS Values and Units Module Level 3 [[!CSS3VAL]].

	In addition to the property-specific values listed in their definitions, all properties defined in this specification also accept the inherit keyword as their property value. For readability it has not been repeated explicitly.

<h3 id=animations>Animated Values</h3>

	It is expected that CSS will include ways
	to animate transitions between styles.
	(The section
	<a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/css3-transitions/#animatable-types">"Animation of property types"</a>
	of the <cite>CSS Transitions module</cite> [[CSS3-TRANSITIONS]]
	is expected to define how different kinds
	of values are interpolated during a transition.)
	In anticipation of that,
	this module includes a line "Animatable" for each property,
	which specifies whether and how values
	of the property can be animated.

<h3 id="terminology">
Terminology</h3>

	<dfn data-lt="wrap|wrapping">Wrap</dfn>

	This specification uses the term <a>wrap</a>
	to refer to flowing content
	around the sides of a <a>float area</a>,
	defined in [[!CSS21]] chapter 9.
	Content <a>wraps</a> around the right side
	of a left-floated box,
	and content <a>wraps</a> around the left side
	of a right-floated box.
	One result of this <a>wrapping</a>
	is that line boxes next to a float
	are shortened as necessary
	to avoid intersections with the <a>float area</a>.

	<dfn>Float area</dfn>

	The area used
	for <a>wrapping</a> content
	around a float element.
	The rules for float behavior
	use the sides of the <a>float area</a>
	to determine where content flows.
	By default,
	the <a>float area</a> is the float element's
	<a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/CSS2/box.html#box-dimensions">margin box</a>
	(note this can be different than
	the <a>float area</a> produced
	by the ''margin-box'' value,
	which includes border-radius curvature).
	This specification's 'shape-outside' property
	can be used to define an arbitrary,
	non-rectangular <a>float area</a>.

<h2 id="relation-to-box-model-and-float-behavior">
Relation to the box model and float behavior</h2>

	While the boundaries used
	for <a>wrapping</a> inline flow content
	outside a float
	can be defined using shapes,
	the actual box model does not change.
	If the element has specified
	margins, borders or padding
	they will be computed and rendered
	according to the [[!CSS3BOX]] module.
	Also, float positioning and stacking are not affected
	by defining a <a>float area</a> with a shape.

	When a shape is used to define
	a <a>float area</a>,
	the shape is clipped
	to the float's margin box.
	In other words,
	a shape can only ever reduce
	a <a>float area</a>,
	not increase it.
	A reduced <a>float area</a> may have no effect
	on some line boxes
	that would normally be affected by the float.
	An <dfn>empty float area</dfn>
	(where the shape encloses no area)
	has no effect on line boxes.

	A <a>float area</a> defined by a shape
	may reduce the normal <a>float area</a> on all sides,
	but this does not allow content to <a>wrap</a>
	on both sides of a float.
	Left floats with a 'shape-outside' still
	only allow content <a>wrapping</a> on the right side,
	and right floats only allow <a>wrapping</a> on the left.

	<div class="example">

		In the following example
		the left and right floating
		<code class="html">img</code> elements
		specify a triangular shape
		using the 'shape-outside' property.

		<pre><code>
			&lt;img class="left" src="hand.svg"/&gt;
			&lt;img class="right" src="hand.svg"/&gt;
			&lt;p&gt;
				Sometimes a web page's text content appears to be
				funneling your attention towards a spot on the page
				to drive you to follow a particular link. Sometimes
				you don't notice.
			&lt;/p&gt;

			&lt;style type="text/css"&gt;
				.left {
					shape-outside: polygon(0 0, 100% 100%, 0 100%);
					float: left;
					width: 40%;
					height: 12ex;
					transform: scaleX(-1);
				}

				.right {
					shape-outside: polygon(100% 0, 100% 100%, 0 100%);
					float: right;
					width: 40%;
					height: 12ex;
				}

				p {
					text-align: center;
				}
			&lt;/style&gt;
		</code>
		</pre>

		<img class="singleImgExample" src="images/hand-funnel.png" alt="Using the shape-outside property with floats"/>
	</div>

	<div class="example">

		Since shapes are clipped to the float's margin box,
		adding this shape to the left float above
		would result in the same rendering.

		<pre><code>
			shape-outside: polygon(0 0, 500% 500%, 0 500%);
		</code>
		</pre>
	</div>

	<div class="example">

		A shape with no extent will create
		a <a>float area</a> with no extent.
		Because <a>wrapping</a> only considers the <a>float area</a>,
		either shape below applied to a float
		will allow inline content
		to flow through all of the float's box.

		<pre><code>
			shape-outside: inset(50% 50% 50% 50%);
			shape-outside: inset(150% 150% 0% 0%);
		</code>
		</pre>
	</div>

	<div class="example">

		A 'shape-outside' can create open areas
		on both the left and right
		of a <a>float area</a>.
		Content still <a>wraps</a> only on one side
		of a float in this case.
		In the picture,
		the shape is rendered in blue,
		and the content area outside the shape in mauve.

		<pre><code>
			shape-outside: polygon(50px 0px, 100px 100px, 0px 100px);
		</code>
		</pre>
		<img class="singleImgExample" src="images/float-side-example.png" alt="wrapping around right side of a left-float float area"/>
	</div>

	<div class="example">

		The following styling creates
		a shape much smaller than
		the float's content area,
		and adds a margin-top to the float.
		In the picture,
		the shape is rendered in blue,
		the content area outside the shape in mauve,
		and the margin area of the float box in yellow.
		The inline content only <a>wraps</a> around the shape,
		and otherwise overlays the rest
		of the float margin box.

		<pre><code>
			.float-left {
				shape-outside: polygon(0% 50%, 50% 100%, 0 100%);
				float: left;
				width: 100px;
				height: 100px;
				margin-top: 20px;
			}
		</code></pre>

		<img class="singleImgExample" src="images/float-margin-example.png" alt="Adding margin-top to a float with a small shape-outside"/>

		The next picture shows a possible result
		if two of these floats
		were stacked next to each other.
		Note that the floats are positioned
		using their margin boxes,
		not the <a>float area</a>.

		<img class="singleImgExample" src="images/stacked-float-example.png" alt="Stacking two floats with a small shape-outside"/>
	</div>

<h2 id="basic-shape-functions">
Basic Shapes</h2>

	The <dfn>&lt;basic-shape&gt;</dfn> type
	can be specified using basic shape functions.
	When using this syntax
	to define shapes,
	the <dfn>reference box</dfn> is defined
	by each property that uses
	<<basic-shape>> values.
	The coordinate system for the shape
	has its origin on the top-left corner of the
	<a>reference box</a> with the x-axis
	running to the right
	and the y-axis running downwards.
	All the lengths expressed in percentages
	are resolved from the used dimensions
	of the <a>reference box</a>.

<h3 id="supported-basic-shapes">
Supported Shapes</h3>

	The following shapes are supported.
	All <<basic-shape>> values use
	<a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/css3-values/#functional-notation">functional notation</a>
	and are defined here using the
	<a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/css3-values/#value-defs">Value Definition Syntax</a>.

	<dl>
		<dt><dfn>inset()</dfn> =
			inset( <<length-percentage>>{1,4} [ round <<'border-radius'>> ]? )
		</dt>
		<dd>
			Defines an inset rectangle.
			<ul>
				<li>
					When all of the first four arguments
					are supplied they represent the
					<strong>top, right, bottom</strong> and
					<strong>left</strong> offsets
					from the <a>reference box</a> inward
					that define the positions
					of the edges
					of the inset rectangle.
					These arguments follow the syntax
					of the 'margin' shorthand,
					that let you set all four insets
					with one, two or four values.
				</li>
				<li>
					The optional <<'border-radius'>> argument(s)
					define rounded corners for the inset rectangle
					using the 'border-radius' shorthand syntax.
				</li>
			</ul>

			A pair of insets in either dimension
			that add up to more than the used dimension
			(such as left and right insets of 75% apiece)
			define a shape enclosing no area.
			For this specification,
			this results in an <a>empty float area</a>.

		</dd>
		<dt><dfn>circle()</dfn> =
			circle( <<shape-radius>>? [ at <<position>> ]? )
		</dt>
		<dd>
			<ul>
				<li>
					The shape-radius argument represents
					<strong>r</strong>, the radius
					of the circle.
					Negative values are invalid.
					A percentage value here
					is resolved from the used width and height
					of the <a>reference box</a> as <br>
					<code>sqrt(<em>width</em><sup>2</sup>+<em>height</em><sup>2</sup>)/sqrt(2)</code>.
				</li>
				<li>
					The position argument defines
					the center of the circle.
					This defaults to center if omitted.
				</li>
			</ul>
		</dd>
		<dt><dfn>ellipse()</dfn> =
			ellipse( <<shape-radius>>{2}? [ at <<position>> ]? )
		</dt>
		<dd>
			<ul>
				<li>
					The shape-radius arguments represent
					<strong>rx</strong> and
					<strong>ry</strong>,
					the x-axis and y-axis radii
					of the ellipse,
					in that order.
					Negative values for either radius are invalid.
					Percentage values here are resolved
					against the used width (for the rx value)
					and the used height (for the ry value)
					of the reference box.
				</li>
				<li>
					The position argument defines
					the center of the ellipse.
					This defaults to center if omitted.
				</li>
			</ul>
		</dd>
		<dt><dfn>polygon()</dfn> =
			polygon( <<fill-rule>>? , [<<length-percentage>> <<length-percentage>>]# )
		</dt>
		<dd>
			<ul>
				<li>
					<dfn><<fill-rule>></dfn> -
					The filling rule used
					to determine the interior
					of the polygon.
					See <a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/SVG/painting.html#FillRuleProperty">fill-rule</a> property
					in SVG for details.
					Possible values are ''nonzero''
					or ''evenodd''.
					Default value when omitted is ''nonzero''.</li>
				<li>
					Each pair argument in the list represents <strong>x<sub>i</sub></strong> and <strong>y<sub>i</sub></strong> -
					the <strong>x</strong> and <strong>y</strong> axis coordinates of the i-th vertex of the polygon.
				</li>
			</ul>

			The UA must close a polygon
			by connecting the last vertex
			with the first vertex of the list.

			At least three vertices are required
			to define a polygon with an area.
			This means that (for this specification)
			polygons with less than three vertices
			(or with three or more vertices
			arranged to enclose no area)
			result in an <a>empty float area</a>.
		</dd>
	</dl>

	The arguments not defined above are defined as follows:

	<dl>
		<dt><dfn><<shape-radius>></dfn> = <<length-percentage>> | closest-side | farthest-side
		<dd>
			Defines a radius for a circle or ellipse. If omitted it defaults to closest-side.
			<ul>
				<li>
					<dfn>closest-side</dfn>
					uses the length from the center
					of the shape to the closest side
					of the <a>reference box</a>.
					For circles,
					this is the closest side
					in any dimension.
					For ellipses,
					this is the closest side
					in the radius dimension.
				<li>
					<dfn>farthest-side</dfn>
					uses the length from the center
					of the shape to the farthest side
					of the <a>reference box</a>.
					For circles,
					this is the farthest side
					in any dimension.
					For ellipses,
					this is the farthest side
					in the radius dimension.
			</ul>
	</dl>

<h3 id='basic-shape-computed-values'>
Computed Values of Basic Shapes</h3>

	The values in a <<basic-shape>> function are computed as specified, with these exceptions:

	<ul>
		<li>
			Omitted values are included and compute to their defaults.
		</li>
		<li>
			A <<position>> value in ''circle()'' or ''ellipse()'' is computed as a pair of offsets (horizontal then vertical) from the top left origin, each given as a combination of an absolute length and a percentage.
		</li>
		<li>
			A <'border-radius'> value in ''inset()'' is computed as an expanded list of all eight <<length>> or percentage values.
		</li>
	</ul>

<h3 id='basic-shape-serialization'>
Serialization of Basic Shapes</h3>

	To serialize the <<basic-shape>> functions,
	serialize as per their individual grammars,
	in the order the grammars are written in,
	avoiding calc() expressions where possible,
	avoiding calc() transformations,
	omitting components when possible without changing the meaning,
	joining space-separated tokens with a single space,
	and following each serialized comma with a single space.

	The <<position>> values 
	(including the defaults) 
	in ''ellipse()'' and ''circle()''
	serialize to their 2- and 4-value forms only,
	preferring the 2-value form
	when it can be expressed without calc(),
	preferring left and top origins,
	and preferring 0% over a zero length.

<div class="example">


	Since <<position>> keywords stand in for percentages, keywords without an offset turn into percentages.

	<pre><code>
		circle(at left bottom)

		serializes as "circle(at 0% 100%)"
	</code></pre>

	Omitting components means that some default values do not show up in the serialization. But since <<position>> always uses the 2- or 4-value form, a default <<position>> is not omitted.

	<pre><code>
		circle(closest-side at center)

		serializes as "circle(at 50% 50%)"
	</code></pre>

	Using grammar order means that <<position>> values always give horizontal components first, then vertical.

	<pre><code>
		circle(at bottom left)

		serializes as "circle(at 0% 100%)"
	</code></pre>

	Avoiding calc() expressions means that some <<position>> values that could be simplified to the 2-value form must be serialized in 4-value form instead.

	<pre><code>
		circle(at right 5px bottom 10px)

		serializes as "circle(at right 5px bottom 10px)"

		not as "circle(at calc(100% - 5px) calc(100% - 10px))"
	</code></pre>

	Avoiding calc() transformations means that if a specified (or computed) calc() must stay in calc() form, it will be used as-is, not reformulated with a different origin or reduced.

	<pre><code>
		bottom calc(10% + 5px)

		serializes as "bottom calc(10% + 5px)"

		not as "top calc(90% - 5px)" or "calc(90% - 5px)"
	</code></pre>

	Preferring 0% over a zero length comes up when you must supply an omitted offset.

	<pre><code>
		circle(at right 5px top)

		serializes as "circle(at right 5px top 0%)"
	</code></pre>

	Preferring left and top origins means that some percentage offsets will normalize to those origins (when calc can be avoided).

	<pre><code>
		circle(at right 5% top 0px)

		serializes as "circle(at 95% 0%)"
	</code></pre>

</div>

<h3 id='basic-shape-interpolation'>
Interpolation of Basic Shapes</h3>

	For interpolating between
	one basic shape and a second,
	the rules below are applied.
	The values in the shape functions interpolate
	as a <a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/css3-transitions/#animtype-simple-list">simple list</a>.
	The list values interpolate as
	<a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/css3-transitions/#animtype-lpcalc">length,
	percentage, or calc</a> where possible.
	If list values are not one of those types
	but are identical
	(such as finding ''nonzero''
	in the same list position
	in both lists)
	those values do interpolate.

	<ul>
		<li>
			Both shapes must use the same <a>reference box</a>.
		</li>
		<li>
			If both shapes are the same type,
			that type is ''ellipse()'' or ''circle()'',
			and none of the radii use
			the ''closest-side'' or ''farthest-side'' keywords,
			interpolate between each value
			in the shape functions.
		</li>
		<li>
			If both shapes are of type ''inset()'',
			interpolate between each value
			in the shape functions.
		</li>
		<li>
			If both shapes are of type ''polygon()'',
			both polygons have the same number of vertices,
			and use the same <<fill-rule>>,
			interpolate between each value
			in the shape functions.
		</li>
		<li>
			In all other cases no interpolation is specified.
		</li>
	</ul>

<h2 id="shapes-from-image">
Shapes from Image</h2>

	Another way of defining shapes
	is by specifying a source <<image>>
	whose alpha channel is used
	to compute the shape.
	The shape is computed to be the path or paths
	that enclose the area(s)
	where the opacity of the specified image
	is greater than the 'shape-image-threshold' value.
	The absence of any pixels with an alpha value
	greater than the specified threshold
	results in an <a>empty float area</a>.
	If the 'shape-image-threshold' is not specified,
	the initial value to be considered is 0.0.

	The image is sized and positioned
	as if it were a replaced element
	whose specified width and height
	are the same as the element's
	used content box size.

	For animated raster image formats (such as
	<a href="http://www.w3.org/Graphics/GIF/spec-gif89a.txt">GIF</a>),
	the first frame of the animation sequence is used.

	<div class="example">

	An image is floating to the left of a paragraph.
	The image shows the 3D version of the
	CSS logo over a transparent background.
	The logo has a shadow using an alpha-channel.

	The image defines its <a>float area</a>
	through the 'shape-outside' property.

	<pre>
		<code>
			&lt;p&gt;
				&lt;img id="CSSlogo" src="CSS-logo1s.png"/&gt;
				blah blah blah blah...
			&lt;/p&gt;

			&lt;style&gt;
				#CSSlogo {
					float: left;
					shape-outside: attr(src url);
					shape-image-threshold: 0.1;
				}
			&lt;/style&gt;
		</code>
	</pre>

	The 'shape-outside' property re-uses the url
	from the src attribute of the img element.

	It is perfectly possible to display an image
	and use a different image for its <a>float area</a>.

	In the figure below, the alpha-channel threshold
	is represented by the dotted line around the CSS logo.

	It's then possible to affect where the lines
	of the paragraph start in three ways:

	<ol>
		<li>Modifying the alpha channel in the image</li>
		<li>Changing the value of the 'shape-image-threshold' property</li>
		<li>Changing the value of the 'shape-margin' property (see example 8)</li>
	</ol>

		<figure>
			<img alt="A float shape around an image using its alpha-channel" src="images/shape-outside-image.png" style="width:70%"/>
			<figcaption>
				A float shape around an image using its alpha-channel.
			</figcaption>
		</figure>
	</div>

<h2 id="shapes-from-box-values">
Shapes from Box Values</h2>

	Shapes can be defined
	by reference to edges in the
	<a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/box.html#box-dimensions">CSS Box Model</a>.
	These edges include
	<a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/css3-background/#corner-shaping">border-radius curvature</a> [[!CSS3BG]]
	from the used border-radius values.
	The <<shape-box>> value extends the <<box>> value
	to include ''margin-box''.
	Its syntax is:

	<pre>
		<dfn><<shape-box>></dfn> = <<box>> | ''margin-box''
	</pre>

	The definitions of the values are:

	The <dfn value for="<shape-box>, shape-outside">margin-box</dfn> value defines the shape
	enclosed by the outside margin edge.
	The corner radii of this shape are determined
	by the corresponding border-radius and margin values.
	If the ratio of <code>border-radius/margin</code> is 1 or more,
	then the margin box corner radius is
	<code>border-radius + margin</code>.
	If the ratio of <code>border-radius/margin</code> is less than 1,
	then the margin box corner radius is
	<code>border-radius + (margin * (1 + (ratio-1)^3))</code>.

	The <dfn value for="<shape-box>, shape-outside">border-box</dfn> value defines the shape
	enclosed by the outside border edge.
	This shape follows all
	of the normal border radius shaping rules
	for the outside of the border.

	The <dfn value for="<shape-box>, shape-outside">padding-box</dfn> value defines the shape
	enclosed by the outside padding edge.
	This shape follows all
	of the normal border radius shaping rules
	for the inside of the border.

	The <dfn value for="<shape-box>, shape-outside">content-box</dfn> value defines the shape
	enclosed by the outside content edge.
	Each corner radius of this box
	is the larger of 0
	or <code>border-radius - border-width - padding</code>.

	<div class="example">

		Given the 100px square below with
		10px padding, border and margins,
		the box values define these shapes:

		<ul>
			<li>''margin-box'': the shape containing all of the yellow pixels</li>
			<li>''border-box'': the shape containing all of the black pixels</li>
			<li>''padding-box'': the shape containing all of the mauve pixels</li>
			<li>''content-box'': the shape containing all of the blue pixels</li>
		</ul>

		<figure>
			<img alt="Colored boxes representing simple box edges" src="images/box-edges-simple.png"/>
			<figcaption>
				Simple CSS Box Model Edges
			</figcaption>
		</figure>

		And the same definitions apply to a more complex example with the same 100px square, but with these border, padding and margin properties:

		<pre>
			<code>
				border-radius: 20px 20px 20px 40px;
				border-width: 30px 10px 20px 10px;
				padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;
				margin: 20px 10px 10px 10px;
			</code>
		</pre>

		<figure>
			<img alt="Colored boxes representing complex box edges" src="images/box-edges-complex.png"/>
			<figcaption>
				Complex CSS Box Model Edges
			</figcaption>
		</figure>
	</div>

	<div class="example">

		The difference between normal float wrapping
		and wrapping around the shape defined
		by the margin-box value is that
		the margin-box shape includes corner shaping.
		Take the 100px square with 10px padding,
		border and margins,
		but with a border-radius of 60px.
		If you make a left float out of it,
		content normally wraps in this manner:

		<figure>
			<img alt="Text wrapping around float with no shape" src="images/normal-wrap.png"/>
			<figcaption>
				Normal float wrapping
			</figcaption>
		</figure>

		If you add a margin-box shape to the float,
		then content wraps around the rounded margin-box corners.

		<pre>
			<code>
				shape-outside: margin-box;
			</code>
		</pre>

		<figure>
			<img alt="Text wrapping around float with margin-box shape" src="images/margin-box-wrap.png"/>
			<figcaption>
				Float wrapping with margin-box
			</figcaption>
		</figure>
	</div>

<h2 id="declaring-shapes">
Declaring Shapes</h2>

	Shapes are declared with
	the 'shape-outside' property,
	with possible modifications
	from the 'shape-margin' property.
	The shape defined by
	the 'shape-outside'
	and 'shape-margin' properties
	changes the geometry
	of a float element's
	<a>float area</a>.

<h3 id="shape-outside-property">
Float Area Shape: the 'shape-outside' property</h3>

	<pre class='propdef'>
		Name: shape-outside
		Value: none | [ <<basic-shape>> || <<shape-box>> ] | <<image>>
		Initial: none
		Applies to: floats
		Inherited: no
		Computed value: as <a href="#basic-shape-computed-values">defined</a> for <<basic-shape>> (with <<shape-box>> following, if supplied), the <<image>> with its URI made absolute, otherwise as specified.
		Media: visual
		Animatable: as <a href="#basic-shape-interpolation">specified</a> for <<basic-shape>>, otherwise no
	</pre>

		The values of this property have the following meanings:

	<dl dfn-type="value" dfn-for="shape-outside">
		<dt><dfn>none</dfn></dt>
		<dd>
			The <a>float area</a> is unaffected.
		</dd>

		<dt><<shape-box>></dt>
		<dd>
			If one of these values is specified by itself
			the shape is computed based on one of
			''margin-box'',
			''border-box'',
			''padding-box'' or
			''content-box''
			which use their respective boxes
			including curvature from border-radius,
			similar to 'background-clip' [[!CSS3BG]].
		</dd>

		<dt><dfn><<basic-shape>></dfn></dt>
		<dd>
			The shape is computed based on the values of one
			of ''inset()'', ''circle()'', ''ellipse()''
			or ''polygon()''. If a <<shape-box>> is also supplied, this defines the <a>reference box</a> for the <<basic-shape>> function. If <<shape-box>> is not supplied, then the <a>reference box</a> defaults to ''margin-box''.
		</dd>

		<dt><dfn><<image>></dfn></dt>
		<dd>
			The shape is extracted
			and computed based
			on the alpha channel
			of the specified <<image>>
			as defined by 'shape-image-threshold'.

			User agents must use the
			<a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/html5/infrastructure.html#cors-enabled-fetch">potentially CORS-enabled fetch</a>
			method defined by the [[!HTML5]] specification
			for all URLs in a 'shape-outside' value.
			When fetching,
			user agents must use "Anonymous" mode,
			set the referrer source
			to the stylesheet's URL
			and set the origin to the URL
			of the containing document.
			If this results in network errors
			such that there is no valid fallback image,
			the effect is as if
			the value <a value for="shape-outside">none</a>
			had been specified.
		</dd>
	</dl>

<h3 id="shape-image-threshold-property">
Choosing Image Pixels: the 'shape-image-threshold' property</h3>

	The 'shape-image-threshold'
	defines the alpha channel threshold
	used to extract the shape
	using an image.
	A value of 0.5 means that
	the shape will enclose
	all the pixels
	that are more than 50% opaque.

	<pre class='propdef'>
		Name: shape-image-threshold
		Value: <<number>>
		Initial: 0.0
		Applies to: floats
		Inherited: no
		Computed value: The same as the specified value after clipping the <<number>> to the range [0.0,1.0]
		Media: visual
		Animatable: as <a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/css3-transitions/#animtype-number">number</a>
	</pre>

	The values of this property have the following meanings:

	<dl dfn-type="value" dfn-for="shape-image-threshold">
		<dt><dfn><<number>></dfn></dt>
		<dd>
			Sets the threshold used
			for extracting a shape
			from an image.
			The shape is defined
			by the pixels whose alpha value
			is greater than the threshold.
			A threshold value outside the range
			0.0 (fully transparent)
			to 1.0 (fully opaque)
			will be clamped to this range.
		</dd>
	</dl>

	Note: A future level of CSS Shapes may define
	a switch to use the luminance data
	from an image instead of the alpha data.
	When this happens,
	shape-image-threshold will be extended
	to apply its threshold
	to either alpha or luminance,
	depending on the switch state.

<h3 id="shape-margin-property">
Expanding a Shape: the 'shape-margin' property</h3>

	The 'shape-margin' property adds
	a margin to a 'shape-outside'.
	This defines a new shape
	that is the smallest contour
	(in the shrink-wrap sense)
	that includes all the points
	that are the 'shape-margin' distance outward
	in the perpendicular direction
	from a point on the underlying shape.
	Note that at points where
	a perpendicular is not defined
	(e.g. sharp points)
	take all points
	on the circle centered at the point
	and with a radius of 'shape-margin'.
	This property takes only non-negative values.


	<pre class='propdef'>
		Name: shape-margin
		Value: <<length>> | <<percentage>>
		Initial: 0
		Applies to: floats
		Inherited: no
		Computed value: as specified, but with lengths made absolute
		Media: visual
		Animatable: as <a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/css3-transitions/#animtype-lpcalc">length, percentage, or calc</a>.
	</pre>

	<dl dfn-type="value" dfn-for="shape-margin">
		<dt><dfn><<length>></dfn></dt>
		<dd>
			Sets the margin of the shape to the <<length>>.
		</dd>
		<dt><dfn><<percentage>></dfn></dt>
		<dd>
			Sets the margin of the shape to a percentage
			of the width of the element's containing block.
		</dd>
	</dl>

	<div class="example">

		A 'shape-margin' creating an offset from a polygonal 'shape-outside'. The lighter blue area shows the shape in a 100x100px float, and the darker blue area shows the 10px offset.

		<pre>
			<code>
				.float {
					shape-outside: polygon(10px 10px, 90px 50px, 40px 50px, 90px 90px, 10px 90px);
					shape-margin: 10px;
				}
			</code>
		</pre>
		<img src="images/nepal-flag-shape.png"
			alt="Example of a shape-margin offset"/>
	</div>

	<div class="example">

		If shape-margin is added
		to the CSS logo from example 6,
		the line boxes <a>wrapping</a>
		around the shape are shortened further.
		<pre>
			<code>
				#CSSlogo {
					shape-margin: 35px;
				}
			</code>
		</pre>
		<figure>
			<img alt="A float shape around an image using its alpha-channel with a 35 pixels shape-margin"	src="images/shape-outside-image-with-margin.png" style="width:70%"/>
			<figcaption>
				A float shape around an image using its alpha-channel with a 35-pixel 'shape-margin'
			</figcaption>
		</figure>
	</div>

<h2 class="no-num" id="acknowledgments">
Acknowledgments</h2>

	This specification is made possible by input from
	Andrei Bucur,
	Alexandru Chiculita,
	Elika Etemad,
	Arron Eicholz,
	Sylvain Galineau,
	Daniel Glazman,
	Arno Gourdol,
	Zoltan Horvath,
	Chris Jones,
	Bem Jones-Bey,
	Marcus Mielke,
	Alex Mogilevsky,
	Hans Muller,
	Mihnea Ovidenie,
	Virgil Palanciuc,
	Robert Sanderson,
	Dirk Schulze,
	Peter Sorotokin,
	Bear Travis,
	Eugene Veselov,
	Stephen Zilles
	and the CSS Working Group members.

<h2 class="no-num" id="change-log">
Change Log</h2>

<h3 class="no-num" id="20140320">
Since <a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/2014/CR-css-shapes-1-20140320/">March 20th 2014</a></h3>
	<ul>
		<li>Clarified shape-margin computed value</li>
	</ul>

<h3 class="no-num" id="20140211">
Since <a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/2014/WD-css-shapes-1-20140211/">February 11th 2014</a></h3>
	<ul>
		<li>Replaced divs with images in the first example</li>
		<li>Add 0px to last serialization example</li>
	</ul>

<h3 class="no-num" id="20131203">
Since <a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/2013/WD-css-shapes-1-20131203/">December 3rd 2013</a></h3>
	<ul>
		<li>Updated computed value and serialization of basic shapes</li>
		<li>Added a margin-box example</li>
		<li>Change auto to none for shape-outside</li>
		<li>Defined shape-box instead of redefining box</li>
		<li>Clarified that shape from image may produce more than one path</li>
	</ul>

<h3 class="no-num" id="20130620">
Since <a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/2013/WD-css-shapes-1-20130620/">June 20th 2013</a></h3>
	<ul>
		<li>Added shape from box value section</li>
		<li>Updated basic-shape interpolation</li>
		<li>Allow negative insets, disallow negative radii</li>
		<li>Changed relevant to reference</li>
		<li>Remove box-sizing dependency, add relevant box keywords</li>
		<li>Changed circle() and ellipse() to use radial gradient syntax</li>
		<li>Postponed rectangle() to level 2</li>
		<li>Clarified shape-from-image sizing and positioning</li>
		<li>Change inset-rectangle() to inset()</li>
		<li>Future-proof shape-image-threshold to possibly apply to luminance</li>
		<li>Added CORS fetching to shape-outside URLs</li>
		<li>Changed shape-outside value from &lt;uri&gt; to &lt;image&gt;</li>
		<li>Remove 'percentages based on auto-sizing resolve to 0'</li>
		<li>Change initial value of shape-image-threshold to 0.0</li>
		<li>Change float positioning to be unaffected by shape-outside</li>
		<li>Shapes on floats clipped to float's margin box</li>
	</ul>

<h3 class="no-num" id="20120503">
Since <a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/2012/WD-css3-exclusions-20120503/">May 3rd 2012</a></h3>
	<ul>
		<li>Postpone shapes from SVG elements to a future Shapes level</li>
		<li>Postpone shape-inside to a future Shapes level</li>
		<li>split exclusions from shapes into separate modules</li>
		<li>added inset-rectangle() to basic shapes</li>
		<li>Changed shape-inside overflow diagrams to show exclusion behavior</li>
		<li>Changed shape-inside to contribute to the wrapping context</li>
		<li>Defined exclusion edges relative to wrapping content's writing mode</li>
		<li>Made use of start, end, before and after consistent</li>
		<li>Added interpolation for basic shapes</li>
		<li>Changed basic shapes to depend on box specified with box-sizing</li>
		<li>Added overflow behavior for shape-inside.</li>
		<li>Added wrap-flow:minimum.</li>
		<li>Clarified processing model.</li>
		<li>Changed wrap-margin and wrap-padding to shape-margin and shape-padding.</li>
		<li>Removed wrap shorthand.</li>
	</ul>

<h3 class="no-num" id="20111213">
Since <a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/2011/WD-css3-exclusions-20111213/">December 13th 2011</a></h3>
	<ul>
		<li>Clarified processing model.</li>
		<li>Clarified interaction with floats.</li>
		<li>Clarified that an exclusion element establishes a new block formatting context.</li>
	</ul>