- From: Mikko Rantalainen <mira@cc.jyu.fi>
- Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 18:57:15 +0200
- To: Chris Mannall <chris.mannall@hecubagames.com>, www-html@w3.org
Chris Mannall wrote:
> Mikko Rantalainen wrote:
>>If you feel that you have to use br or style attribute try to think for
>>a second what's the reason you "need" those. Think about *why* you're
>>trying to achieve the line break or specific styling, not *what* you're
>>trying to achieve.
>
> Okay, here's another problem with removing the style attribute that has
> been bothering me for a while, but I've only now rustled up enough
> motivation to voice it.
>
> [1] Load an XHTML document into an HTML DOM representation.
> [2] Grab hold of an element with e.g. document.getElementById("foo")
> [3] Alter that element's style with e.g. element.style.width = "20px"
> [4] Serialize the document IN ITS CURRENT STATE.
> [5] Noticing the problem yet?
I'm still wondering why would you need to do [4], but I think the
correct way to do equivalent stuff is to modify document wide stylesheet
instead of directly modifying element.style. IMO, if we drop style
attribute the respective part of DOM should drop the style attribute too
so there's no problem.
In no way we can keep the style attribute at the DOM side but in the
same time drop style attribute from XHTML2.
This is an important point, though.
--
Mikko
Received on Wednesday, 15 January 2003 11:56:41 UTC