Re: [XBL] The xbl:pseudo Attribute

On Thu, 7 Dec 2006, Cameron McCormack wrote:
> 
> The list of valid pseudo-elements seems very arbitrary and widget 
> oriented.

Yes.


> XBL 2 is not only going to be used for widgets.  The feature seems like 
> a great way to expose abstractions of the shadow tree for styling by 
> users of the binding, but to be even more useful I think arbitrary 
> psuedo-element names should be allowed.  A binding for bar charts could 
> then expose a pseudo-element called series1, series2, etc., so that 
> individual data series could be coloured using CSS.

I don't disagree, but that's a CSS issue. I recommend raising this with 
the CSS working group.


>   The valid pseudo-elements are “value”, “choices”, “label”,
>   “repeat-item”, and “icon”. Future versions of CSS might introduce new
>   values.
> 
> Is that meant to say “Future versions of XBL”?

No, CSS defines pseudos.

-- 
Ian Hickson               U+1047E                )\._.,--....,'``.    fL
http://ln.hixie.ch/       U+263A                /,   _.. \   _\  ;`._ ,.
Things that are impossible just take longer.   `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.'