- From: Sebastian Zartner via GitHub <sysbot+gh@w3.org>
- Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2016 12:47:38 +0000
- To: public-css-archive@w3.org
Some important comments from the related [www-style thread](https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2016Sep/0113.html): @tabatkins: > It's definitely not impossible! … New pseudos that wrap "real" elements in some way are... not popular among implementors. The idea for ::wrap goes back well over a decade, and the complexity it adds to the platform versus the benefit you get, when compared to just adding wrapper elements in your HTML, has meant that implementors have never bitten at the idea. @Crissov > You’d need to convince Hixie et al., though. > [Why isn’t there a grouping-type element for description lists to represent individual name-value groups (e.g., a “dli” element)? It would make styling as well as adding microdata to individual groups much easier.](https://wiki.whatwg.org/wiki/Rationale#Why_isn.E2.80.99t_there_a_grouping-type_element_for_description_lists_to_represent_individual_name-value_groups_.28e.g..2C_a_.E2.80.9Cdli.E2.80.9D_element.29.3F_It_would_make_styling_as_well_as_adding_microdata_to_individual_groups_much_easier..5B32.5D) > [HTML should group <dt>s and <dd>s together in <di>s!](https://wiki.whatwg.org/wiki/FAQ#HTML_should_group_.3Cdt.3Es_and_.3Cdd.3Es_together_in_.3Cdi.3Es.21) > > This FAQ says: > >> This is a styling problem and should be fixed in CSS. There's no reason to add a grouping element to HTML, as the semantics are already unambiguous. @Marat-Tanalin: > So virtual containers are far more than just a way to group DT/DD elements, instead they would be a _powerful layout mechanism_ absolutely unachievable with current HTML and CSS. -- GitHub Notification of comment by SebastianZ Please view or discuss this issue at https://github.com/w3c/csswg-drafts/issues/588#issuecomment-254496349 using your GitHub account
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