Re: Pseudo Element for Strings

I like this suggestion. I prefer the specialized forms :char() and :word(),
and perhaps they could be expressed like :char('a'), :char('©'),
:char(odd), char(even), :word('foo') etc.

Simon Jessey

w: http://jessey.net/blog/
e: simon@jessey.net


----- Original Message -----
From: "Christoph Päper" <christoph.paeper@tu-clausthal.de>
To: <www-style@w3.org>
Sent: Sunday, January 26, 2003 3:34 PM
Subject: Pseudo Element for Strings


>
> Hi!
>
> I've been thinking about this and came to the conclusion that I don't
really
> favor it, but anyhow want to know what others think:
>
> It happens occasionally that you want to style certain letters and
strings,
> but without adding semantics, e.g. color all vowels red, highlight search
> results or fancy style a reappearing company name. This can't be done with
> CSS alone, yet.
>
> I hereby suggest (not propose) a pseudo element which selects all strings
> (or single characters) that match its argument: '::string(arg)'.
>
> As far as I understand it, this probably would seriously decrease
rendering
> speed, in a much greater amount than e.g. ::first-line does already. That
is
> why support for it should be optional for conformant UAs IMHO.
> /Maybe/ you could speed this up with more specialized ::word() and
> ::letter() or ::char().
>
> Christoph Päper
>

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