Re: CSS 3 color module and deprecation of "system" colors

On Tue, 6 Sep 2005, Patrick H. Lauke wrote:
> 
> Patrick H. Lauke wrote:
> 
> > In practice though it's not system default, but - as the description implies
> > - browser default. So, in essence: I want to be able to override browser
> > default while still tapping into the defaults set by the user on their
> > system.
> 
> Here's a flaky quick example I knocked together to illustrate my main point:
> http://dev.splintered.co.uk/system_prefs/

The answer to your original query in that case is probably something along 
the lines of:

   html { appearance: document; }

...or whichever of the various "window"-related appearances is most 
appropriate for your particular case.

-- 
Ian Hickson               U+1047E                )\._.,--....,'``.    fL
http://ln.hixie.ch/       U+263A                /,   _.. \   _\  ;`._ ,.
Things that are impossible just take longer.   `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.'

Received on Tuesday, 6 September 2005 00:28:51 UTC