- From: Lachlan Hunt <lachlan.hunt@iinet.net.au>
- Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2004 16:07:27 +1000
- To: www-style <www-style@w3.org>
Anne van Kesteren wrote: >> perhaps a keyword to "not_overwrite already set value" if it is >> feasable...I havent thought on this long, nor would I have a >> suggestion on what the keyword would be call, or how to describe this >> semantic to users... > > > Such a thing would be good enough, since it is about "not specifying the > value". (It doesn't really matter if you replace the value with a > keyword or have two new separate properties.) > > How about making 'inherit' a possible value as in: > > background-position:240px inherit; > > (Where 'inherit inherit' would be the same as 'inherit'.) Wouldn't that actually mean inherit the value from the parent, rather than keep the currently assigned value. I think it would have to be a new keyword that just means don't even change whatever value is assigned. Maybe 'current' or something along those lines. -- Lachlan Hunt http://www.lachy.id.au/ lachlan.hunt@lachy.id.au
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