Re: CSS Property http://docs.webplatform.org/wiki/css/selectors/type

Hi David,

Thanks for looking into this. Obviously we need some work on our CSS
selectors story. And when you come up with issues like this, be sure to
address them to the entire community via public-webplatform@w3.org.

I am not familiar with the design direction for the CSS selectors, and I
share your impressions and confusions here.

Can anyone address David's concerns?

~Scott



On Sat, Jun 15, 2013 at 11:46 PM, David R. Herz <WPD@theherzes.com> wrote:

> Dear Scott:****
>
> ** **
>
> I was just trying to get some basic syntax down and have come to a page
> the language of which confuses me.  As you were the major editor, I address
> this to you.  ****
>
> ** **
>
> On the page http://docs.webplatform.org/wiki/css/selectors, is the
> following:****
>
> ** **
>
> CSS Selector Reference (secondary heading)****
>
> Type Selector (tertiary heading)****
>
> elementname (bulleted item linking to another page)****
>
> ** **
>
> When I follow the link, I end up on
> http://docs.webplatform.org/wiki/css/selectors/type.****
>
> ** **
>
> While I am not clear what a “type” is other than just a specific element
> name, the syntax as set forth there does not match the example, or if it
> does, it has taken some logical steps which are mysterious to me.****
>
> ** **
>
> The language there is:****
>
> ** **
>
> Syntax****
>
> <strong/>E <em/> {...} ****
>
> ** **
>
> Parameters****
>
> E****
>
> String that specifies the name of a document language element type.  ****
>
> ** **
>
> While in the edit window, this shows up in the import notes section (i.e.
> potentially spurious unattended to stuff), to a casual visitor of the page,
> it seems off.  Do these notes represent some magic which a first level
> coder would be unaware of, or is this simply gibberish.  If the latter, I’d
> be happy to go ahead and fix it to:****
>
> ** **
>
> Syntax****
>
> ** **
>
>                                 elementname {property:parameter; . . . }**
> **
>
> ** **
>
> where elementname is to be replaced by any html element (such as the H1 in
> the example above), with any properties to be styled for that element
> placed within the curly brackets in the form property (such as “color” in
> the above example), followed by a colon, a valid value (teal), and a
> semicolon.****
>
> ** **
>
> So should I go ahead or did I miss something here?****
>
> ** **
>
> David R. Herz****
>
> wpd@theherzes.com <mr@theherzes.com>****
>
> ** **
>