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Deprecation of CSS Anchor Positioning property `inset-area`

Category
CSS
Type
Feature removal
Status
Removed (Chrome 131)
Intent stage
None

Summary

The CSSWG resolved to rename the `inset-area` property to `position-area`. See the CSSWG discussion here: https://github.com/w3c/csswg-drafts/issues/10209#issuecomment-2221005001. The new property name, `position-area`, as a synonym for `inset-area` shipped via https://chromestatus.com/feature/6567965055778816. This entry is for deprecation and removal of the `inset-area` property.

Motivation

With the CSSWG resolution on renaming the property to `position-area`, this deprecation will clean up the implementation in Chromium for a standards compliant feature.

Standards & signals

View on chromestatus.com