Re: [CSS3-selectors] ::selection pseudo

Andrew Fedoniouk wrote:
> 
> About ::selection pseudo, in particular "Applies to the portion of a 
> document that has been highlighted by the user." [1]
> 
> Is it selector that defines some global object or is it supposed to be 
> applied to particular elements too?
> 
> If later then what are the cascading/inheritance rules?
> 
> Let's say we have some <richtext> or just <div contenteditbale> on the 
> page.
> Then what would mean the following?:
> 
> richtext::selection
> {
>  background-color: highlight;
>  color: highlight-text;
> }
> 
> And how it will interact with say:
> 
> richtext p::selection
> {
>  color: white;
> }
> 
> ?
> 
> Will p::selection pseudo-element inherit background-color: highlight;
> value or not? It appears that ::selection elements shall establish their
> own inheritance chain so p::selection pseudo will inherit *all* attributes
> of any ::selection object defined upstream.
> 
> I think that styleable ::selection in principle is a good thing,
> just want to clarify how it can be used/implemented.

Added to the issues list.. See also
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2006Jan/0091.html

~fantasai

Received on Saturday, 28 June 2008 06:32:18 UTC