CCS1 Class names & ID Names
Tom Schlarman (tschlarm@Adobe.COM)
Tue, 3 Dec 1996 13:54:05 -0700
Message-Id: <199612032046.MAA00945@elroy.corp.Adobe.COM>
From: "Tom Schlarman" <tschlarm@Adobe.COM>
To: "wwwhtml" <www-html@w3.org>
Subject: CCS1 Class names & ID Names
Date: Tue, 3 Dec 1996 13:54:05 -0700
Hi all,
I have a question and would like to make sure I understand the CSS1 spec
correctly.
in 7.2 (Parsing Conventions) it states:
- ..., selectors (element names, classes and IDs) can contain only A-Z,
a-z, 0-9, Unicode chars 161-255 or a dash...they can also contain escaped
characters.
- any character except a digit can be escaped to remove its special
meaning, by putting a backslash in front, Example: "\"" is a string
consisting of one double quote.
Now, I want to name a style: "A, B, C, ..."
(not including the double quotes, but including the spaces inside).
Would that be defined as (generic class)?
.A\,\ B\,\ C\,\ \.\.\. { color:blue; }
(escaping the spaces, commas and periods)
If so, MSIE3.01 may have a problem in keeping track of style names that are
more complex. Has this been mentioned before? I haven't seen it on any of
the MSIE bug pages.
Thanx
Tom
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Tom Schlarman
tschlarm@adobe.com