- From: François REMY <fremycompany_pub@yahoo.fr>
- Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2008 19:37:12 +0200
- To: "CSS 3 W3C Group" <www-style@w3.org>
> From: "Brad Kemper" <brkemper.comcast@gmail.com>
>>
>> On Aug 22, 2008, at 10:16 AM, François REMY wrote:
>>
>>> But for complex variables, I suggest the use of a "extends" property.
>>>
>>> @define {
>>> bigText {
>>> font-size: 150%
>>> font-weight: bolder;
>>> color: black !important;
>>> };
>>> }
>>>
>>> h1.bigText {
>>> font-size: 15pt;
>>> extends: $bigText;
>>> color: blue;
>>> }
>>>
>>> Computed values of a "h1.bigText" with no style : {
>>> font-size: 15pt; /* the h1.bigText rule have more importance than the
>>> extended one */
>>> font-weight: bolder; /* this is the only one rule */
>>> color: black; /* the rule that have !important have more important
>>> than the others */
>>> }
>>>
>>
>> I don't see why you would need "extends". The var(varname) or $varname
>> should just expand to the same as if you actually typed in all the
>> properties yourself. So if you wanted that computed value, you would
>> write it like this:
>>
>> h1.bigText {
>> $bigText;
>> font-size: 15pt;
>> color: blue;
>> }
>>
>> and that would be the same as if you typed this:
>>
>> h1.bigText {
>> font-size: 150%
>> font-weight: bolder;
>> color: black !important;
>> font-size: 15pt; /* supersedes earlier font-size */
>> color: blue; /* ignored because of !important */
>> }
>>
And if the value of $bigText changes ? How will the browser do if he follows
your proposal ?
Fremy
Received on Friday, 22 August 2008 17:37:50 UTC