- From: Chris Lilley <chris@w3.org>
- Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2001 20:17:31 +0200
- To: Manos Batsis <m.batsis@bsnet.gr>
- CC: www-style@w3.org
Manos Batsis wrote: > > Yes. But the resence of the group opacity prperty 'opacity' does not > > preclude being able to set, for example, border opacity using > > a separate > > property. > > The ability to have styling on element attributes like borders and > background will really help accomplish one of the major goals of css, > separation of content & presentation. I hope we will see something in > the specs in the near future. > In a way, this has been done from the beginning. For example, > border-width is under the border domain attribute. Agreed. > > For examples, see the SVG spec whichhas the group opacity property > > 'opacity' but also has fill opacity, stroke opacity, opacity > > on stops on > > a gradient, and so forth. > > While filters (besides being proprietary) give the effect on the element > as a whole, including children. Yes. Except the filters are not proprietary. > In other words, filter styles document > fragments... Yes. It styles the rendering of an entire subtree. So does the opacity property. This is why it is not inherited. -- Chris
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