Re: [css3-*] Defining support for the inherit keyword

On 10/28/2011 01:04 PM, Tab Atkins Jr. wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 12:57 PM, Brian Manthos<brianman@microsoft.com>  wrote:
>> Is this the proposal?
>>
>> 1. Bulk edit every property value grammar in CSS3 to explicitly include the inherit keyword
>> 2. Add core phrasing that makes it clear that every property should support inherit unless explicitly specified otherwise
>> 3. Remove 1
>> 4. Decide what to do about CSS3 behavior of CSS2.1 properties that don't have a CSS3 module
>> 5. Discuss which cases should disallow inherit and update specs accordingly
>> 6. [later] Add 'initial' to the phrasing from step 2
>>
>> Step 1 is optional if step 2 happens "soon".
>
> Step 2, 4, and 6 are already handled in CSS3 Values&  Units:
> <http://dev.w3.org/csswg/css3-values/#component-types>  and
> <http://dev.w3.org/csswg/css3-values/#common-keywords>.
>
> It would probably be useful to do a thorough search for anything that
> would run afoul of step 5, but luckily they're pretty rare.  (It only
> happens when a property accepts an arbitrary user-defined keyword.)

Properties that accept arbitrary user-defined keywords still allow inherit.
They just don't allow it to be interpreted as an arbitrary user-defined
keyword.

~fantasai

Received on Sunday, 30 October 2011 00:46:53 UTC