Re: [CSS21] response to issue 92

* Bert Bos wrote:
>Your e-mail:
>    http://www.w3.org/mid/3F875337.6080406@escape.com
>    :first-line
>    # The :first-line pseudo-element can only be attached to
>    # a block-level element.
>       elem            { display: block; }
>       elem:first-line { color: blue; }
>       elem.special    { display: inline; }
>    say what?
>
>CSS WG response:
>    We don't see the issue.

Pseudo-elements are attached to element type selectors or the universal
selector; neither of them has a notion of beeing block-level, hence the
attachment of pseudo-elements cannot be constraint to this notion. From
<http://www.w3.org/mid/3f3fbed2.307705026@smtp.bjoern.hoehrmann.de>
(member-only):

[...]
  And there is "The :first-line pseudo-element can only be attached to a
  block-level element". It is not clear what this means with respect to
  conformance. If ::first-line is attached to a non-blocklevel element,
  does this restriction mean that a user agent must not apply the
  styles? For example,

  <style type="text/css">
    td:first-line { color: green }
  </style>

  <table>
    <tr>
      <td>Shall this be green?</td>
      <td>Shall this be green?</td>
    </tr>
  </table>

  Both cells are green in IE6, Opera 7.11 and Mozilla 1.3a.
[...]

Received on Wednesday, 11 February 2004 16:24:23 UTC