- From: fantasai <fantasai.lists@inkedblade.net>
- Date: Tue, 11 May 2004 21:11:36 -0400
- To: www-style@w3.org
Nicholas Shanks wrote: > > The definition of the 'capitalize' value for text-transform is a tad > ambiguous. > http://www.w3.org/TR/2003/WD-CSS21-20030915/text.html#propdef-text- > transform > > capitalize > Puts the first character of each word in uppercase. > > Is capitalize supposed to only affect the first character or the whole > string? > > <span style="text-transform: capitalize;">WHAT GETS OUTPUT?</span> > Does the above transform to "What Gets Output?" or "WHAT GETS OUTPUT?" > > If it's undefined, may I put in a vote for the former (i.e. lower case > the string first, then capitalize each word). Whether it's defined or > not, it isn't clarified in the specification. The specification itself is clear, I think. Put the first character of each word in uppercase. Doesn't say anything about the rest. As for lower-casing the string, I disagree. Given <span style="text-transform: capitalize;">This page is coded in HTML.</span> I think we would want This Page Is Coded In HTML. no? ~fantasai -- http://fantasai.inkedblade.net/contact
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