Re: [CSS3] selectors to use xpath syntax

On 12/8/05, Kelly Miller <lightsolphoenix@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> But then you hit the pentultimate question...
>
> Can XPath be used in CSS selectors without breaking incremental rendering?
>
> Orion Adrian wrote:
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> > XPath allows for functions which is what would map to the various
> >
> >pseudoclasses, though you would have problems with some of them.
> >Again, though, he didn't ask for the removal of normal CSS selectors
> >so you could have both in the same document, using CSS-native
> >selectors where deemed appropriate.

Given CSS's box- and absolute-layout mechanism, no. Other algorithms
would allow for incremental rendering or at least low-fault
incremental rendering while allowing XPath style selectors. But to a
lot of people here, changing box-layout any would be another language
and therefore is out of scope for this list.

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Orion Adrian

Received on Thursday, 8 December 2005 19:33:50 UTC