- From: David Woolley <forums@david-woolley.me.uk>
- Date: Thu, 04 Jun 2009 08:41:59 +0100
- To: www-style@w3.org
Mark wrote: > > First let me explain how i made this idea up. > Right now i'm tyring to make image hovers that fade in with > javascript. The way to do that now is by making 3 divs. > Not the fading in is the reason multiple elements are needed. Actually > a container + the possible states (normal and hover). > That's 2 divs overkill but currently the only way to get it done. > > Now with the css 3 backgrounds module multiple backgrounds are going > to be supported. Webkit has support for it and Gecko is in the Whether an image is background or foreground should be a fundamental part of the information design. If image elements were the right choice, you need to find, or have created, a way of applying your desired styling to image elements, not change to background content just to get the styling. However, I can't help wondering whether this really is an HTML/CSS application, rather than being better suited to SVG. -- David Woolley Emails are not formal business letters, whatever businesses may want. RFC1855 says there should be an address here, but, in a world of spam, that is no longer good advice, as archive address hiding may not work.
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