- From: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2006 01:11:05 +0000 (UTC)
- To: Allan Sandfeld Jensen <kde@carewolf.com>
- Cc: www-style@w3.org
On Tue, 9 May 2006, Allan Sandfeld Jensen wrote: > > Section 7.3. The ::selection pseudo-element > > The sections about the pseudo-elements ::first-letter and ::first-line explain > in detail how they are inherited. Unfortunately this part is skipped in > the ::selection part. > Especially interesting is if child styles can overrule parent ::selection > style (and also if ::first-letter or ::first-line can overrule ::selection > styles). > > So is it: > <div> > <span>This text has part of it > <div::selection><span::selection>selected</div::selection></span::selection> > </span> > </div> > > Or does it like ::first-line "split" the children: > > <div> > <span>This text has part of it</span> > <div::selection><span><span::selection>selected</span::selection></span></div::selection> > <div> > > In a way the later seems more natural, just really hard to write with > pseudo-markup. I think it would be the first. Can anyone come up with text that describes how exactly this should work, including interaction with ::first-letter and ::first-line? (David?) -- Ian Hickson U+1047E )\._.,--....,'``. fL http://ln.hixie.ch/ U+263A /, _.. \ _\ ;`._ ,. Things that are impossible just take longer. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.'
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