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"Majestic magenta": { | ||
"value": "#ff00ff", | ||
"type": "color" | ||
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"Simple sage": { | ||
"value": "#abcabc", | ||
"type": "color" | ||
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Update examples
Co-authored-by: Ayesha Mazumdar <[email protected]> Co-authored-by: Adekunle Oduye <[email protected]> Co-authored-by: Kathleen McMahon <[email protected]>
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<li>No fully supported (only safari)</li> |
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<li>No fully supported (only safari)</li> | |
<li>Not fully supported (only safari)</li> |
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Just a nitpick. It would be nice if the Con sections mentioning the lack of browser support were consistent.
Something like
"Limited Browser Support (Safari)"
Consistent verbiage and browsers with support are listed.
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## Color module |
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I think we may need to move this section directly into the technical-reports/color/index.html
file like we do with the format:
community-group/technical-reports/format/index.html
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<h1>Introduction</h1> | |
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<em>This section is non normative</em> | |
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Design tokens are a methodology for expressing design decisions in a | |
platform-agnostic way so that they can be shared across different | |
disciplines, tools, and technologies. They help establish a common | |
vocabulary across organisations. | |
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And we can probably remove the Color module
title.
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| Pros | Cons | | ||
| ----------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------- | | ||
| It is easy to understand and compare to other formats | Not supported in all browsers (IE 11) | |
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Not supported in all browsers (IE 11)
Source?
| Pros | Cons | | ||
| ------------------------------------------ | --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | ||
| Access to 50% more colors (P3 color space) | Colors more perceptually uniform, so it can be harder to distinguish values | | ||
| | Limited browser support (Safari only) | |
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Limited browser support (Safari only)
Now supported in Chrome, Edge, Safari, and Firefox behind a flag.
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<SubbrandContext.Provider value={subbrand}> | ||
<ThemeContext.Provider value={theme}> | ||
<div className={cx(subbrand, theme)} ref={forwardedRef}> |
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Is there another way to write this without the cx
utility function?
Co-authored-by: Kaelig Deloumeau-Prigent <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: Kaelig Deloumeau-Prigent <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: Kaelig Deloumeau-Prigent <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: Kaelig Deloumeau-Prigent <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: Kaelig Deloumeau-Prigent <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: Kaelig Deloumeau-Prigent <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: Kaelig Deloumeau-Prigent <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: Kaelig Deloumeau-Prigent <[email protected]>
Update examples to include colorspace object option, and rearrange files
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Sorry it's taken me so long to review this. Great work putting all of this together!
However, I think there's still work to be done to better align this with the format spec.
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The overview.md
is missing in this PR. Is this an old link that needs to be removed, or does this file just need to be added to git?
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- (This comment is still valid and needs addressing)
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Dunno if this is something that's (going to be?) covered in the missing overview.md
file (see my other review comment), but I think it would be helpful to provide a bit more context about this document's purpose here.
My reading is that the "Token naming" chapter is providing non-normative guidance and advice for how to name & organise colour tokens. However, the later sections are detailed specs for how colour tokens should be represented in DTCG files - so I presume they are intended to be normative. Furthermore, those specs conflict with the current format draft (e.g. the format doc currently states that the $value
of a color token MUST be a string with a hex value. My understanding is that we want the info in this doc to supersede that though)
I therefore suggest we distinguish between the spec stuff and the guidance stuff more clearly. A few ways we might do this:
- Move the color type and gradient chapters into the format spec, replacing/updating the corresponding chapters there as needed. Then the color report would only contain guidance and the intro could make that clear.
- OR, remove the existing color and gradient type chapters from the format spec and replace them with links to this doc. Then this doc becomes the definitive spec for those types - and also complements that with some helpful guidance. In that case, I'd argue that this doc's primary purpose would become being the spec for color tokens in the DTCG format. So maybe we ought to then move the token naming chapter to the end - perhaps even as an appendix (bear in mind that format spec is intentionally agnostic about how folks name and organise their tokens, so putting advice about that at the start of a "spec" document might feel a little odd to readers).
Personally, I have a slight preference for the first option, since it keeps all the spec stuff in one place. But, I'd be OK with the other approach too.
Either way, this will also set a nice precedent for the animation module and any others we may have in the future to follow.
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- (This comment still needs to be addressed—this info should all go into
technical-reports/format/types.md
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## Hex - required support | ||
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For the color value, the required fallback format to represent color through design tokens is a hex or hex8 value. A hex triplet is a 6-digit, 24 bit, hexadecimal number that represents Red, Green, and Blue values as `#RRGGBB`. An eight-character hex will include the alpha value in the last 2 characters. If no alpha value is specified, it is assumed the color if fully opaque. |
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To align with the current spec draft and, as far as I know, how hex color values are interpreted in CSS and most design tools, should we say here that the sRGB color space is always implied for these fallback hex values?
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Agreed. Hex values have started to be used for Display P3 in design tools, but the intent is limited to sRGB.
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For the color value, the required fallback format to represent color through design tokens is a hex or hex8 value. A hex triplet is a 6-digit, 24 bit, hexadecimal number that represents Red, Green, and Blue values as `#RRGGBB`. An eight-character hex will include the alpha value in the last 2 characters. If no alpha value is specified, it is assumed the color if fully opaque. | |
For the color value, the required fallback format to represent color through design tokens is a hex or hex8 value. A hex triplet is a 6-character, 24 bit, hexadecimal number that represents Red, Green, and Blue values as `#RRGGBB`. An eight-character hex encoded value will include the alpha value in the last 2 characters. If no alpha value is specified, it is assumed the color if fully opaque. The sRGB colorspace MUST be used when interpreting fallback hex values. |
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I suggest splitting this out into a separate PR for now.
As it stands, this has got quite a few deviations from how the gradient type is currently defined in the format:
- The format does not use
$
prefixes for the value's inner properties and, as per the comments from @drwpow and myself on the updated color type, I think we should stick with that. (or, if we didn't, we'd need to change all the other composite types to be consistent) - The format does not include a
style
property, though several folks have suggested something along those lines in Gradient type feedback #101. I think that's probably a worthwhile addition, but there are other interesting proprosals in that thread too, which I think we ought to consider holistically. - The format does not have an
alpha
property on the stops and, given that the color values can have an alpha channel, it feels kinda redundant. Besides, what would be the expected behaviour if both have been specified but have conflicting values?
I presume the intent of this section is really just to show that the new, expanded color value syntax defined in the previous chapter can be used anywhere else that color values are permitted.
The value
of a gradient stop is one case of that, but there are others too:
- the
color
sub-value of a shadow - the
color
sub-value of a border
So, perhaps this section could be reworked into something that just states that the new object-style color values can be used throughout the spec and include an example of each of those things?
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Colors can be represented through various formats. For color tokens, the `$type` property MUST be set to the string `color`. The `$value` property can then be used to specify the details of the color, including color space, alpha settings, and more. The `$value` object contains the following properties: | ||
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- `$hex` (required): the hex color to use as the default or a guaranteed fallback | ||
- `$colorSpace` (optional): An object detailing an alternative color space to be used to interpret the color, if supported |
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- Update this list with current format. object keys with current feedback:
Note: The wording is just a suggestion and can be entirely rewritten (please change / improve / rewrite everything!)
- `$colorSpace` (optional): An object detailing an alternative color space to be used to interpret the color, if supported | |
- `colorSpace` (required): a string representing the predefined colorspace. This value MUST be a value from CSS Color Module Level 4’s [predefined colorspaces](https://www.w3.org/TR/css-color-4/#predefined). | |
- `channels` (required): an array representing the channel values of the colorspace, excluding alpha. The array’s values MUST be numbers, and MUST have a length of 3. The range of the values depend on `colorSpace`, and match the ranges defined in CSS Color Module Level 4’s [predefined colorspaces](https://www.w3.org/TR/css-color-4/#predefined). | |
- `alpha` (optional): the alpha channel. The value MUST be a number between `0` (0%) and `1` (100%). If omitted, `1` is assumed. | |
- `hex` (optional): a string representing an sRGB fallback for colors outside the sRGB gamut. The value MUST be a valid 6-digit hexadecimal code. `alpha`, if supplied, will also apply to the fallback. |
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## Other color space options |
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Suggestion: remove this entire section, including all the colorspaces? (this can be found in the colorSpace
table)
- `$hex` (required): the hex color to use as the default or a guaranteed fallback | ||
- `$colorSpace` (optional): An object detailing an alternative color space to be used to interpret the color, if supported | ||
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The `$colorSpace` object has the following properties: |
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- Make a subheading for
colorSpace
andchannels
together, since they are validated together:
The `$colorSpace` object has the following properties: | |
## `colorSpace` and `channels` |
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Suggestion: make a markdown table that restates the information from CSS Color Module Level 4 that contains:
- All the accepted
colorSpace
values accepted - For each
colorSpace
value, the min/max values allowed per channel. This is important because it won’t always be[0, 1]
(e.g. the “H” in HSL is[0, 360]
).- Question: should we use mathematical syntax that uses square brackets for inclusive ranges?
- Some sort of introduction to this table so people have more context
| colorSpace | channel[0] | channel[1] | channel[2] |
|:-----------|:------------|:------------|:------------|
| `srgb` | [0, 1] | [0, 1] | [0, 1] |
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| `lab` | [0, 1] | [-125, 125] | [-125, 125] |
Note: the column names may change to whatever is most readable
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Question: should we explain why it’s an array, and why the order matters (following CSS Color 4 spec)? Or is that too much information?
- `$components` (required): the non-alpha pieces of the color, listed as an array of floating-point numbers or integers | ||
- `$alpha` (optional): the alpha component of the color, listed as a floating-point number integer in the range of 0 to 1. If omitted, color is assumed to be fully opaque | ||
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## Hex - required support |
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- Rename to ensure this is now optional
## Hex - required support | |
## `hex` fallback |
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## Hex - required support | ||
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For the color value, the required fallback format to represent color through design tokens is a [hex triplet/quartet](https://www.w3.org/TR/css-color-4/#typedef-hex-color) value. A hex triplet is a 6-digit, 24 bit, hexadecimal number that represents Red, Green, and Blue values as `#RRGGBB`. An eight-character hex will include the alpha value in the last 2 characters. If no alpha value is specified, it is assumed the color if fully opaque. |
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- Rewrite these 2 paragraphs to explain why a person may or may not use the
hex
property - Remove “quartet,” and only allow 6-digit hexadecimal
- Note: borrowing the phrase “6-digit” straight from the CSS4 documentation
- Remove the “Pros / Cons” table?
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- (This comment still needs to be addressed—this info should all go into
technical-reports/format/types.md
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"Token name": { | |||
"$value": "#000000" | |||
"$value": "#000000", |
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- Here and blow, for
$type: "color"
tokens, update examples to match current updated format
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Represents a 24bit RGB or 24+8bit RGBA color in the sRGB color space. The `$type` property MUST be set to the string `color`. The value MUST be a string containing a hex triplet/quartet including the preceding `#` character. To support other color spaces, such as HSL, translation tools SHOULD convert color tokens to the equivalent value as needed. | |||
Represents a 24bit RGB or 24+8bit RGBA color in the sRGB color space. The `$type` property MUST be set to the string `color`. The `$value` property MUST be a string containing a [hex triplet/quartet](https://www.w3.org/TR/css-color-4/#typedef-hex-color) including the preceding `#` character. To support other color spaces, such as HSL, translation tools SHOULD convert color tokens to the equivalent value as needed. |
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- (see @c1rrus’ other comment about moving changes here)
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<a href="./format/">Format</a> | |||
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<li>Color (coming soon)</li> | |||
<li><a href="./color/">Color</a></li> | |||
<li>Animations (coming soon)</li> |
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Unknown how best to update this (related to @c1rrus’ comment), but perhaps we consolidate everything into format/types.md
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# Token naming |
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- Remove this document? Since we’re updating the format itself, and not providing recommendations (this starts to conflict with other upcoming proposals like modes), we could always split out ideas here into separate proposals or separate conversations to be discussed apart from the color changes.
Been thinking more about the minor difference between Reading further, there are some minor nuances between when to use each term, but I think for our purposes / for the purposes of the average user they are likely moot (as hinted at by CSS Color Module 4’s wording “components are sometimes called ’channels,’” also not concerned with distinguishing between the two. For the frontenders, it almost feels like the distinction between “HTML attributes“ vs “HTML properties.” I think either term would work, but just based on my reading, seeing “component” used more commonly, I’m 1% leaning toward that term, personally. I think in hindsight latching onto “channel” was just from my time spent in Photoshop. |
Given the mathematical nature of some of the colour spaces (LAB for
example), they are not really representative of colour channels all the
time. Component feels more inclusive.
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Been thinking more about the minor difference between channels: [x, x, x]
vs components: [x, x, x] and I don’t know where/when either originated.
But re-reading the Color Module 4 (and 5) specification, as well as various
Wikipedia pages for color science, and components does actually appear
more frequently than channels.
Reading further, there are some minor nuances between when to use each
term, but I think for our purposes / for the purposes of the average user
they are likely moot (as hinted at by CSS Color Module 4’s wording
“components are sometimes called ’channels,’” also not concerned with
distinguishing between the two. For the frontenders, it almost feels like
the distinction between “HTML attributes“ vs “HTML properties.”
I think either term would work, but just based on my reading, seeing
“component” used more commonly, I’m 1% leaning toward that term,
personally. I think in hindsight latching onto “channel” was just from my
time spent in Photoshop.
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Overview
This is the first draft of the Design Tokens Color Module.