- From: Boris Zbarsky <bzbarsky@MIT.EDU>
- Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2004 10:49:30 -0500
- To: "Anne van Kesteren (fora)" <fora@annevankesteren.nl>
- Cc: www-style@w3.org
> > :not(:link) { link: url(foo); }
> >
> >does trigger alarm bells)
> >
> I wonder why (probably because I don't know that much about how a UA
> processes a style sheet).
Perhaps a slightly more extended example is in order:
Style:
description { color: red }
:link { color: green !important }
:not(:link) { link: url(ref); }
Markup:
<description ref="http://somewhere">Text</description>
What color is the text? Why? Does it make sense to have links that :link does
not match?
> It would select every element that currently isn't a link. Then it tries
> to create a link using
>
> link:url(foo);
>
> If attribute "foo" contains a valid URI, the link is created and the
> selector doesn't apply anymore.
That would be violating a fundamental design constraint of CSS -- property
values cannot affect what rules apply to an element.
Boris
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