Re: Scrollbars In The Box Model

On Friday, April 11, 2003, 8:14:50 PM, Ian wrote:

IH> On Fri, 11 Apr 2003, Chris Lilley wrote:
>>>
>>> It isn't the place of the CSS working group to specify what scrolling
>>> mechanism should be used.
>>
>> Not to mandate a particular mechanism, certainly.
>>
>> But it could easily be the place of the CSS WG to allow stylistic
>> control over the form of the mechanism.

IH> Indeed, for example using a '::scrolling-mechanism' pseudo-element which
IH> would allow binding to a behavioural resource. As in:

IH>    sidebar::scrolling-mechanism {
IH>       binding: url(scrollbars.xml);
IH>    }

IH> ...or:

IH>    sidebar::scrolling-mechanism {
IH>       binding: native-scrolling-mechanism;
IH>    }

IH> This could come out of the CSS-based user interface work.

That was what I hoped.

Now, about the scrollbar color and shadow and hilight....


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