- From: fantasai <fantasai.lists@inkedblade.net>
- Date: Tue, 08 Jul 2008 08:48:58 -0700
- To: Lachlan Hunt <lachlan.hunt@lachy.id.au>
- CC: www-style <www-style@w3.org>
Lachlan Hunt wrote: > > Hi, > I came across this issue while working on the Selectors API test > suite. It's not clear from the Selectors spec whether or not these > selectors should match any elements: > > [class^=""] > [class$=""] > [class*=""] > > Given this element: > > <p class="foo"> > > It seems that browsers disagree on this issue too. Opera matches all of > them, Firefox 3 matches both $= and ^=, but not *=, and WebKit matches > none. > > This selectors test suite [1] actually requires WebKit's behaviour, but > I just can't find where this is defined in the spec. > > [1] http://disruptive-innovations.com/zoo/css3tests/selectorTest.html Hi Lachlan, The CSSWG discussed this issue awhile back and decided that those selectors should match nothing. The edits haven't made it into the spec yet. See http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2008Apr/0038.html ~fantasai
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