Re: Seamless iframes + CSS3 selectors = bad idea

On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 10:07, Maciej Stachowiak <mjs@apple.com> wrote:

> Another possibility is to specifically blacklist the use of the contents of
> the "value" attribute in attribute selectors for elements in the HTML
> namespace. Either all elements, or specifically input elements, or more
> specifically input elements of type password or hidden.
> I think that is better than making attribute selectors not work with those
> elements at all. People validly use attribute selectors on form controls
> based on the "type" attribute to style them.
> Regards,
> Maciej
>

Are there any legitimate use cases for selecting an element based on
the value attribute?  I think some solution like this is the direction
we should be looking.

-david

Received on Wednesday, 9 December 2009 09:26:30 UTC