- From: Brad Kemper <brkemper@comcast.net>
- Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2008 07:26:05 -0800
- To: Daniel Glazman <daniel.glazman@disruptive-innovations.com>
- Cc: Bert Bos <bert@w3.org>, www-style <www-style@w3.org>
On Feb 21, 2008, at 2:10 AM, Daniel Glazman wrote:
>
> Bert Bos wrote:
>
>
>> Another example:
>> div:initial * {display: none}
>> div:initial h2 {display: block}
>> ...
>> <div>
>> <h2>Heading of this section</h2>
>> <p>First paragraph...
>> ...
>> </div>
>
> Right, that works for LI and sub-lists. But how do you
> query from JS the state of such a list item, expanded or
> collapsed ? Checking the computed value of the display
> property on all children of that LI is not a workable
> solution.
>
> We need to be able to query 'something' directly from the LI.
> That means a solution based uniquely on the display property
> of the children is not enough. We need an attribute on the LI
> or a unique CSS property setting the expanded/folded status
> of the item.
>
> </Daniel>
>
How about "checked"? Its not perfect, but it does represent a toggle
between an on and off state, is well supported in JavaScript (at
least on checkboxes and radio buttons), and has a pseudo-class in CSS-3.
Received on Thursday, 21 February 2008 15:26:23 UTC