- From: Boris Zbarsky <bzbarsky@MIT.EDU>
- Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2008 22:22:00 -0500
- To: kagupta@rim.com, DOM mailing list <www-dom@w3.org>
> The getComputedStyle return value is already well defined to be the > "computed" values as described in > http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/cascade.html#computed-value. That definition postdates the definition of getComputedStyle. The "computed style" getComputedStyle references is the CSS2 one. Since UAs currently on the market do not implement the CSS2 computed style (which is neither equivalent to the CSS2.1 computed style nor quite to the CSS2.1 used style, iirc), it's actually not that clear what getComputedStyle should be doing. > Yes, computed values are well defined, but DOM 2 StyleSheets defines > getComputedStyle to return absolute (or used) values The term "absolute value" only makes sense for lengths. I don't believe DOM 2 StyleSheets uses the term "used style" anywhere (which makes sense, since that term postdates the spec in question). -Boris
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