- From: Michael Day <mikeday@yeslogic.com>
- Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2003 18:05:48 +1000 (EST)
- To: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- Cc: "www-style@w3.org" <www-style@w3.org>
> > font-weight: normal > > font-weight: initial > > font-weight: inherit > > font-weight: default > > Not really. You could just as easily say: > ...as they all do the same thing. In practice, it doesn't really matter to > the authors how many keywords can be used, since they will only use the > ones they want. But that was my point, they *don't* all do the same thing. What is the default font-weight? Most people would say "normal", and they would be wrong, if default means "inherit" for some properties, but not others. > left: initial; > border-collapse: initial; > caption-side: initial; > clear: initial; > clip: initial; > content: initial; > display: initial; > > Which conveys the intention more clearly? How often does one need to reset such a combination of properties? It seems more likely that you would need to reset only a few, in which case the keyword is less necessary, or many more, in which case the intention should be pretty clear. > Like I said earlier, 'default' is only a proposal. However, the concept of > a keyword that automatically picks the appropriate keyword (initial vs > inherit) is, IMHO, a good idea, for a similar reason to the above: Yes, but are such constructs used very often? Do they justify the confusion of keywords with such subtle meanings? Michael -- YesLogic Prince prints XML! http://yeslogic.com
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