Re: Opera's Proposal for :context Selector

On Jul 10, 2008, at 1:03 PM, Lachlan Hunt wrote:

>
> Hi,
>  This is a proposal for a new :context pseudo-class designed to  
> match the context node of a query, where the the scope of elements  
> that match a given Selector is constrained to be within a subtree  
> rooted by a particular node.
>
> This proposal has been developed based on work within the Web  
> Application Working Group.  It has been designed primarily for use  
> with Selectors API to meet the needs of JavaScript libraries such as  
> JQuery and Dojo, but is also suitable for use with scoped  
> stylesheets in HTML5.
>
> I am prepared to be the editor of this specification and, if  
> necessary, join the CSS WG in order to do so, or it could be worked  
> on within the WebApps WG under advise from the CSS WG.
>
> The proposal can be found here:
>
> http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-archive/2008Jul/att-0019/Overview.html

Previously this pseudo-class has been suggested as :scope. Why the  
change to :context? (I'm not saying I disagree, just curious.)

Regards,
Maciej

Received on Thursday, 10 July 2008 22:38:37 UTC