- From: Boris Zbarsky <bzbarsky@MIT.EDU>
- Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2001 10:59:38 -0500
- To: Vadim Plessky <lucy-ples@mtu-net.ru>
- cc: Einar Westermann <einar.westermann@trygdeetaten.no>, www-style@w3.org
> IMHO text in "display:none" and "visibility:hidden" should not be copied to
> clipboard.
> Users expects to copy only the things he has on rendered page.
How far do we go with this? How is "visibility:hidden" really different
from "color: white; background-color:white;" for text from the point of
view of copying and pasting? (And no, "the latter appears when
highlighted is not a good argument -- the former could be made to appear
when highlighted as well). I agree that display:none is different since
it does not alter the visual presentation of the page, but with
visibility:hidden it _looks_ like there's something there, so no copying
anything could be a little confusing.
I would think that it's up to the browser to pick a consistent model for
handling all these weird cases and stick with it...
Boris
-----------------
617-864-9910
-----------------
We are all agreed that your theory is crazy. The
question which divides us is whether it is crazy enough
to have a chance of being correct. My own feeling is
that it is not crazy enough.
-- Niels Bohr
Received on Monday, 12 November 2001 11:06:01 UTC