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CSS CSS Foundations CSS Gradients Linear Gradients: Unprefixed Syntax

Fedor Andreev
Fedor Andreev
6,438 Points
Posted by Fedor Andreev
Fedor Andreev
6,438 Points

What is the main difference between Unprefixed Syntax and Prefixed Syntax?

Just wondering..

2 Answers

Paul Mather
Paul Mather
3,313 Points

An example of prefixed syntax is -moz-border-radius, which is a vendor specific prefix for earlier Mozilla Firefox versions that don't support un-prefixed syntax i.e. border-radius. Basically prefixed syntax supports earlier versions of the respective browser the code is targetting - -webkit- targets earlier versions of webkit browsers that don't support their unprefixed counterparts.

Brandon Miller
Brandon Miller
6,818 Points
Brandon Miller
Brandon Miller
6,818 Points

So, "prefixed" is "vendor-specific"? Is that right? And un-prefixed is more loosely defined, yet may not be supported by all browsers?