- From: Ian Hickson <py8ieh@bath.ac.uk>
- Date: Tue, 20 Oct 1998 19:52:39 +0100 (BST)
- To: Christian Kaufhold <chka@uni-bremen.de>
- cc: www-style@w3.org
On Tue, 20 Oct 1998, Christian Kaufhold wrote: > My suggestions for a future version of CSS: > I would not use "tooltip" (to present a tooltip over the element) as a > pseudo-element, as it has been suggested, but create it as a new > property. > Allowed values: none | auto | [ attr(x) || string ]+ | inherit > Initial: inherit > Applies to: all elements > Media: visual, interactive > I also suggest a property "status" whose content is displayed in the > status line of the browser, and which takes exactly the same values. Tooltip has the 'advantage' that it can be formatted: *:tooltip { content: attr(title); background: yellow none; color: black; border: thin solid black; } However, I would have to agree that a property has it's redeeming features (consistency of interface, ease of implementation). [Idea added to past suggestions list]. -- Ian Hickson
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