[css-borders-4] naming of the "not curved" (90deg convex) keyword for corner-shape

[noamr]

Following up on #10993

When the corner shape is a fully convex angle (as in, it's not curved at all, superellipse(infinity)), we resolved on referring to it as none.
I think a better name for this is straight. It's not that the corner has no shape, the corner has a straight shape.

I put it as straight in the draft but we can resolve on this separately if we are ok with it, bring it back to none, or come up with something different.

This keyword is important for animating corner-shape.

[tabatkins]

I agree that using a different keyword than none is better here, now that values are animatable. I think straight is reasonable.

[jsnkuhn]

Definitely agreed a none shape option doesn't really make sense. There is definitely a shape just a common one.

Going to throw square on the pile as I think it better represents the actual shape of the default corner. I guess technically rectangle might be more correct if the size of the defined corner has a different width than height but square is close enough and it's shorter.

straight makes me think of a straight line which this isn't. It's a 90deg angle.

Wouldn't this shape also be the initial value: #11623

[jsnkuhn]

To me a none corner implies that it would look like this:

potentially confusions with "straight":

• straight is a homophone for "strait" the body of water (like the Strait of Gibraltar) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strait

• There's also the phrase "dire straits" which gives the root word "strait" a third meaning.

• straight is also relatively difficult to spell. Easy to mix up the a and i. (I've literally done this a number of times while writing this post)

• in isolation a straight corner to me would look like angle/bevel. As it is a single straight line. the shape we are talking about is 2 straight lines connecting at 90deg

Why "square":

• the isolated corner looks like a carpenters/framing square (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steel_square)

• possible negative: i guess this could be confused with the notch shape which you could call an inset square??

[smfr]

I'm OK with square or straight with a preference for the former. "Straight" is generally used to describe a single line, without bends. But here we have a 90deg bend.

[SebastianZ]

I'd also vote for square, rectangle, or even rectangular and dislike straight for the reasons mentioned by the others.

possible negative: i guess this could be confused with the notch shape which you could call an inset square??

I think the keywords distinguish the shape clearly enough from a notch shape. And I also believe, notch is fine for an inset rectangular shape.

Sebastian

[css-meeting-bot]

The CSS Working Group just discussed [css-borders-4] naming of the "not curved" (90deg convex) keyword for `corner-shape` , and agreed to the following:

• RESOLVED: Use square for opposite of notch

The full IRC log of that discussion

<TabAtkins> noamr: right now this value is named "straight", but i dont like it
<TabAtkins> noamr: this is when we treat it as a non-rounded rect
<TabAtkins> noamr: other proposals are "square" or "none"
<TabAtkins> noamr: or "rect"
<TabAtkins> noamr: i think in the issue consensus was for "square"
<TabAtkins> astearns: and Simon prefers square
<fantasai> TabAtkins: Prefer square to straight. Straight sounds like it means bevel.
<TabAtkins> astearns: any concerns over choosing square?
<fantasai> RESOLVED: Use square for opposite of notch