- From: Tab Atkins Jr. <jackalmage@gmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2011 07:50:09 -0700
- To: Daniel Glazman <daniel.glazman@disruptive-innovations.com>
- Cc: www-style@w3.org
On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 2:43 AM, Daniel Glazman <daniel.glazman@disruptive-innovations.com> wrote: > Le 30/09/11 10:57, Christoph Päper a écrit : >> fantasai: >> >>> Added :dir() selector to select based on element directionality (ltr >>> vs. rtl). >> >> When there is a small, fixed set of possible arguments one should consider >> not using arguments at all. That means, ‘:ltr’ etc. seem the better choice. >> >> Also, abbrevs are evil, i.e. rather use ‘:direction()’. >> > > Because the text direction is going to remain limited to horizontal > in the future? The set of directions is not small... The :dir() pseudo is not based off of either the 'direction' or 'writing-mode' properties. It keys off of the host language's own sense of direction, exemplified by the @dir attribute in HTML. Thus, at least currently, there are only two values we have to worry about. The design is extensible if HTML gains further @dir values in the future. I think the abbreviation to "dir" is appropriate, as it helps to link it to the @dir attribute rather than the 'direction' property. ~TJ
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