- From: Bert Bos <Bert.Bos@sophia.inria.fr>
- Date: Wed, 22 Sep 1999 23:28:24 +0200 (MET DST)
- To: Ranjit Singhe <ranjit_singhe@mail.com>
- Cc: www-style@w3.org
Ranjit Singhe writes:
> hello,
>
> this (i hope) is not a css writing question. it is more a selector matching
> question. i've attached a simple html file that uses styles.
>
> it has to do with ancestral resolution. when you look at the html it should
> be fairly clear what i'm trying to do.
>
> for a while now i've been using gecko to test my resolution cases, so try it
> in gecko; hence this post. :)
>
> here's my question (the atmt. reflects this case):
>
> if an element (SPAN) has two ancestors of the same name (OL)
>
> e.g.
...+-- DIV
...+-- DIV
........+-- OL
.............+-- DIV
..................+-- DIV
........................+-- OL
.............................+-- SPAN
...................................+-- (Text)
> and there are two styles in order as follows:
>
> DIV > DIV OL SPAN { color: blue } --- (1)
> DIV + DIV OL SPAN { color: magenta } --- (2)
>
> what is the color of (Text) ??
>
> i think it should be magenta 'cos:
> a. OL parent of SPAN is found
> (1) succeeds
> (2) fails
> b. because 2 failed, we look further up and find
> OL parent of DIV
> (1) fails
> (2) succeeds
> c. because 1 failed, we look further up and find no
> more ancestors with name OL
>
> because (2) is chronologically after (1), the text should be magenta 'cos it
> beats (1) on the collisions. (i say this 'cos the specificity (= 4) and
> owner (= author) are the same.)
>
> even if (1) and (2) had succeeded at stage b., (2) would win because of the
> chronology contest.
>
> am i right???
I believe you are.
With the new selectors in CSS2 it has become necessary to test
multiple ways to match a selector against a tree of elements. There is
no rule that says that the OL ancestor of SPAN must be the nearest
ancestor.
Bert
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