On Thu, 10 Nov 2005, Tantek Çelik wrote: >>> >>> From 5.12.2: >>> >>> "The :first-letter pseudo-element applies to block, list-item, >>> table-cell, table-caption and inline-block elements." >>> >>> I think the test is indeed wrong. >> >> Oh, right, this is one of the things we changed at one point. The >> current selectors CR says it applies to all elements; the next draft >> (and 2.1) says it doesn't. >> >> Test fixed. > > I thought the working group decided that this was a legitimate > *addition* in Selectors (but not in 2.1). We discussed this at the telecon. The consensus was to make :first-letter only apply to block-level elements in Selectors this time, for simplicity reasons, consistency with 2.1 which is being published around the same time, lack of strong use cases, and because it was felt that had a higher chance of being interoperably implemented. However, it was left open as to whether we would return to letting :first-letter apply to all elements in a future release of the Selectors specification. -- Ian Hickson U+1047E )\._.,--....,'``. fL http://ln.hixie.ch/ U+263A /, _.. \ _\ ;`._ ,. Things that are impossible just take longer. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.'
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