Alex Talebi 0a2906b81d
Improve SweepGradient angle and TileMode documentation (#172406)
# Improve SweepGradient and TileMode Documentation

## Description
This PR enhances the documentation for `SweepGradient` and `TileMode` to
provide clearer guidance on how angles are measured and how tile modes
affect sweep gradient rendering.

### Changes
1. **SweepGradient Documentation**:
   - Clarified angle measurement in radians from the positive x-axis
   - Documented angle normalization behavior for values outside [0, 2π]
- Added detailed explanations of how each `TileMode` affects rendering
outside the angular sector

2. **Gradient.sweep Constructor**:
   - Improved parameter documentation
- Added a practical example showing how to create a 90-degree sweep
gradient
   - Clarified the relationship between color stops and angles

3. **TileMode Documentation**:
   - Added sweep gradient-specific behavior to each `TileMode` variant
- Clarified how each mode (clamp, repeated, mirror, decal) affects
rendering outside the angular sector
   - Improved overall documentation structure for gradient edge behavior

## Related Issues
Fixes #166206

## Testing
- Verified documentation changes by reviewing the generated API docs
- Ensured all examples compile and render as expected

## Breaking Changes
None - this is purely a documentation improvement.

## Additional Notes
The changes make it much clearer how `startAngle` and `endAngle`
interact with different `TileMode` values, which was a source of
confusion in the original issue.

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Co-authored-by: Victor Sanni <victorsanniay@gmail.com>
2025-08-16 14:08:37 +00:00
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