Re: [css3-lists] Where can the counter() function be used?

On Mon, Jul 9, 2012 at 7:24 AM, Boris Zbarsky <bzbarsky@mit.edu> wrote:
> On 7/9/12 3:16 AM, Tab Atkins Jr. wrote:
>> One way this could be solved would be to allow math on counter values
>> (which are just integers), such as allowing the counter() function
>> inside of calc().  Then you could write your use-case as:
>>
>> animation-delay: calc(counter(delay-timer) * 1s);
>
> I must be missing something.
>
> Counter values depend on whether boxes are present or not, no?
>
> It seems pretty odd to me to require that values of some properties depend
> on whether some completely unrelated boxes far away in the DOM are present.
> It might also be somewhat difficult to implement correctly in the face of
> dynamic changes.
>
> -Boris
>
> P.S.  Note that "boxes are present" does not actually map directly to
> computed display values, by the way.  It probably does map to used display
> values...

You must be missing something, since what you just described is how
counters always work.  It's just that in the past they've been limited
to being used in 'content' only.

~TJ