CSS repeat() function: page rewrite#44601
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| The **`repeat()`** [CSS](/en-US/docs/Web/CSS) [function](/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/Reference/Values/Functions) represents a repeated fragment of the [track list](/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/Guides/Grid_layout/Basic_concepts), allowing a large number of columns or rows that exhibit a recurring pattern to be written in a more compact form. | ||
| The **`repeat()`** [CSS](/en-US/docs/Web/CSS) [function](/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/Reference/Values/Functions) represents a repeated fragment of the [track list](/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/Guides/Grid_layout/Basic_concepts) or [rule-line list], allowing a large number of columns and rows, and their gap decorations, that exhibit a recurring pattern to be written in a more compact form. |
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If it were me, short choppy sentences. This might not be right, but something to consider.
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| The **`repeat()`** [CSS](/en-US/docs/Web/CSS) [function](/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/Reference/Values/Functions) represents a repeated fragment of the [track list](/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/Guides/Grid_layout/Basic_concepts) or [rule-line list], allowing a large number of columns and rows, and their gap decorations, that exhibit a recurring pattern to be written in a more compact form. | |
| The **`repeat()`** [CSS](/en-US/docs/Web/CSS) [function](/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/Reference/Values/Functions) represents a repeated fragment of the [track list](/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/Guides/Grid_layout/Basic_concepts) or [rule-line list]. It allows repeated patterns of columns, rows, and their gap decorations, to be written in a compact form. |
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| - an integer to set the repeat count | ||
| - [`<fixed-size>`](#fixed-size) values to set track sizes. | ||
| - {{cssxref("integer")}} | ||
| - : An positive integer greater than or equal to `1` specifying the number of times the second parameter feature list will be repeated. |
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| - : An positive integer greater than or equal to `1` specifying the number of times the second parameter feature list will be repeated. | |
| - : An positive integer greater than or equal to `1` specifying the number of times the feature list in the second parameter will be repeated. |
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repeat is no longer limited to grid. It can now be used from all the gap decoration properties.
spec: https://drafts.csswg.org/css-gaps-1/#lists-repeat
This work attempts to reduce much of the property-specific language and expand the value type to include repeat and auto-repeat for properties that accept comma separated lists of values
Part of openwebdocs/project#238
<line-width>is added in #44597the gap decoration properties will be added soon.