Re: proposed element() CSS function

On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 6:55 PM, Andrew Fedoniouk <news@terrainformatica.com>
wrote:

> I use selector() function in cases when one element needs reference to
> another. For example:
>
> input[type="scrollbar"]
> {
>  -context-menu: selector( menu#for-scrollbar );
> }
>
> Needless to say that selectors give you
> various addressing schemas:
>
> button[type="popup-menu"]
> {
>  -menu: selector( head > menu:nth-child(2) );
> }
>

That's a nice extension of referencing elements by ID but it doesn't
guarantee you get a unique element (I guess you can choose the first match
though) and it doesn't address the cross-document requirements which are
really the big issue.

Rob
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