- From: Daniel Glazman <Daniel.Glazman@der.edf.fr>
- Date: Mon, 21 Jun 1999 09:12:18 +0200
- To: Nicolas Lesbats <nlesbats@etu.utc.fr>
- CC: www-style@w3.org
Nicolas Lesbats wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I think that we need a 'base' property, similar to the <base href="..." />
> element in HTML, which will define on which a relative address is relative
> to (humpf... I think there is grammar mistake in my sentence...).
>
> The property would accept a string value, and two predefined value : one
> referring to the document source ('source', 'origin', ... ?), and another
> referring to the stylesheet path.
>
> Don't know if this is necessary for replaced elements :
>
> img { content: replaced(attr(src));
> base: document-source }
>
> (a url() value always refers to the stylesheet source, not to the
> document source, and this can be a problem)
>
> If yes, multiple base settings would be allowed.
>
> And, of course, the property would be inherited.
Hmmm.. This adds URL management to style sheets. I am absolutely
not in favor of that.
</Daniel>
Received on Monday, 21 June 1999 03:12:54 UTC