css.properties.shape-outside - basic shapes have inconsistent links

[Hamham6]

What type of issue is this?

Other

What information was incorrect, unhelpful, or incomplete?

inset(), polygon(), and circle() link to <basic-shape> CSS type page (https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/Reference/Values/basic-shape).

What browsers does this problem apply to, if applicable?

No response

What did you expect to see?

For <shape-outside> to link directly to their specific CSS function pages for inset(), polygon(), and circle() (https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/Reference/Values/basic-shape/inset, https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/Reference/Values/basic-shape/polygon, https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/Reference/Values/basic-shape/circle).

In the compatibility table on the <basic-shape> page, the links for inset(), polygon(), and circle() are their specific CSS function pages. So this change would make it unambiguous that the inset(), polygon(), and circle() in the <basic-shape> compatibility table are the same inset(), polygon(), and circle() in the <shape-outside> compatibility table.

path(), rect(), and xywh() in the <shape-outside> compatibility table are also <basic-shape> types but link to their respective CSS function pages (https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/Reference/Values/basic-shape/path, https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/Reference/Values/basic-shape/rect, , https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/Reference/Values/basic-shape/xywh) instead of the <basic-shape> page. So this change would make inset(), polygon(), and circle() be consistent with path(), rect(), and xywh() in what they are linked to.

Did you test this? If so, how?

I followed the links on https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/Reference/Properties/shape-outside#browser_compatibility.

Can you link to any release notes, bugs, pull requests, or MDN pages related to this?

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/Reference/Properties/shape-outside#browser_compatibility for <shape-outside> page.

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/Reference/Values/basic-shape#browser_compatibility for <basic-shape> page.

Do you have anything more you want to share?

No response

MDN URL

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/Reference/Properties/shape-outside

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MDN page report details

• Query: css.properties.shape-outside
• Report started: 2026-06-22T00:42:17.648Z