Re: [css3-ui] :text-input pseudoclass

Tab Atkins Jr. schrieb:
> I would like to see a :text-input pseudoclass in CSS3 UI.  It would
> match against any input which is a text input.  In HTML, this means
> <input type=text>, <input> (no type), and <input type=unknown>.
>
> This is necessary because there are an infinite number of possible
> values for type that would produce a text input.  Right now the only
> way to safely match all text inputs is to do
> input:not([type=password]):not([type=submit]):not([type=date])...
>
> I commonly use inputs without a type, while generated content
> (produced by script plugins, for example) usually includes type=text,
> and I want to style these the same easily.  As well, I'd like
> currently unsupported input types (like date in anything but Opera) to
> be styled like text inputs while they're unsupported, but be styled
> like proper date inputs later when they're recognized as such.
>
> ~TJ
Why not to  use input:not([type]), input[type=text]?

Nikita Popov