- From: Andrew Fedoniouk <news@terrainformatica.com>
- Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2008 13:21:17 -0700
- To: David Håsäther <hasather@gmail.com>
- CC: www-style <www-style@w3.org>
David Håsäther wrote:
> * Andrew Fedoniouk @2008-07-11 20:40:
>
>>> Yes, I know :root can only be the first element, which is why I'm
>>> saying it can't be used in this case!
>>
>> Why? The idea of :root to be a pseudo-class imply that different
>> elements may have this state/role assigned.
>>
>> Otherwise why not to use element html as it is?
>> Write something like this and it will be perfectly fine:
>>
>> html > body > div { ... }
>
> CSS can be used with other markup languages than HTML.
>
Correct.
But in context when you have to use :root in selectors you *always* know
what DOM you are dealing with.
Example, following implies that you are targeting HTML:
:root > body > something {}
and this:
:root > text
implies that you work with presumably SVG.
Resume:
:root is really useful only in context of local searches.
--
Andrew Fedoniouk.
http://terrainformatica.com
Received on Friday, 11 July 2008 20:22:08 UTC