- From: Boris Zbarsky <bzbarsky@MIT.EDU>
- Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2008 22:01:28 -0500
- To: Brad Kemper <brad.kemper@gmail.com>
- Cc: fantasai <fantasai.lists@inkedblade.net>, Rainer Åhlfors <rahlfors@wildcatsoftware.net>, "Tab Atkins Jr." <jackalmage@gmail.com>, mongolie2006-w3c@yahoo.fr, CSS mailiing list W3C <www-style@w3.org>
Quoting Brad Kemper <brad.kemper@gmail.com>:
>> That still won't help if you do:
>>
>> td:nth-col(2), td:nth-col(3) { display: block; }
>>
>> since at that point the td:nth-col(4) will actually be in the third
>> column in the table.
>
> Would it?
Visually, yes.
> The styling would change what was selected?
No, of course not.
> I assumed it would refer to the column number of the markup.
That has to be the way it works, yes. That's what I assumed as well.
> But the whole range of styling possibilities would apply to td:nth-
> col(), if I am following this correctly. Right? That's kind of the
> whole idea?
I'd think so, yes.
-Boris
Received on Tuesday, 30 December 2008 03:10:17 UTC