- From: Lachlan Hunt <lachlan.hunt@lachy.id.au>
- Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2006 00:54:16 +1000
Alexey Feldgendler wrote: > On Sun, 11 Jun 2006 20:11:39 +0700, Lachlan Hunt > <lachlan.hunt at lachy.id.au> wrote: >>> Maybe features like spellckeching, syntax highlighting and so on >>> should be controlled via CSS? > >> No, spell checking is a user agent feature that should be controlled >> by the UA and the user. Authors should have no explicit control over it. > > One can also say that authors should not have explicit control over > whether hyperlinks are underlined or not. The difference is that underlining is presentation, spell checking is not. The functionality of a link cannot be changed with CSS, likewise spell checking shouldn't either. >> Besides, spell checking *is not* presentation, it is UA functionality >> and so it does not belong in the presentation layer. > > Visual elements <=> Presentation > Interactive elements <=> Behavior > > I think these are similar relationships. I don't understand your point here. > BTW, isn't the "cursor" CSS property about behavior? What? How is it? It just declares the desired presentation of the cursor, what behaviour does it have? -- Lachlan Hunt http://lachy.id.au/
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