mdn / mdn/fred

“Value not found in DB!” error for the caret-animation’s formal definition

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Description

On the caret-animation page, the missing formal definition is rendered like that:

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It’s a relatively new CSS property and it seems like we could handle missing values better than this:

  • Use design system colors instead of <span style="color:red;">
  • Provide an actionable message that would encourage contributing the missing data

What’s interesting, caret-animation is present in the @webref/css, as well as other caret-* properties but only caret-animation is missing formal definition on MDN.

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Research direction

Start by reproducing the missing formal definition on the MDN caret-animation page and tracing Fred’s rendering path for values absent from @webref/css. Review how the current “Value not found in DB!” message is styled and produced; done means the missing value has an actionable contribution message and uses design system colors.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
css, javascript
Domain
frontend
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
48/100

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