- From: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2005 13:35:10 +0000 (UTC)
- To: Anne van Kesteren <fora@annevankesteren.nl>
- Cc: W3C CSS List <www-style@w3.org>
On Mon, 14 Feb 2005, Anne van Kesteren wrote: >> >> Both elements have the ID "xyz", so both should match "#xyz". > > Perhaps the specification should state that? "CSS ID selectors match an element instance based on its identifier." The elements both have the identifier "xyz", so they both match "#xyz". I don't understand the problem. > Personally I still think it might make sense to make it invalid in CSS, > although I see that it would have not much impact since most browsers > already support it. It can't be invalid in CSS since it is conceivable that CSS will be applied to a language where IDs aren't globally unique. (XBL shadow trees come to mind.) -- Ian Hickson U+1047E )\._.,--....,'``. fL http://ln.hixie.ch/ U+263A /, _.. \ _\ ;`._ ,. Things that are impossible just take longer. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.'
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