- From: Daniel Benamy <dbenamy@optonline.net>
- Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2008 08:48:22 -0500
- To: "James Graham" <jg307@cam.ac.uk>
- Cc: public-html-comments@w3.org
On Jan 23, 2008 5:56 AM, James Graham <jg307@cam.ac.uk> wrote: > Daniel Benamy wrote: > > > There could also be attributes which control how the table of contents > > is generated, such as whether the entries are numbered or not or which > > headings are included (all, only those after the <toc>, only those > > before, only headings greater than n, etc.) > > The main problem with this is that it would break incremental rendering; the toc > couldn't be rendered completely until the entire document has been fetched, so > the UA would have to re-layout the page to insert the toc, creating an > unpleasant user experience. > > In general, this feature seems like something that would be better handled on > the server side, with the publishing system converting <toc/> to the fully > expanded HTML (which could then be adjusted as needed on a per-site basis). I see. Thanks for the reply. Dan
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