Re: [cssom][css-variables] cssom defines property access using case insensitive lookups

On Wed, 27 Feb 2013 23:15:29 +0100, Tab Atkins Jr. <jackalmage@gmail.com>  
wrote:

> On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 5:58 AM, John Daggett <jdaggett@mozilla.com>  
> wrote:
>> As was decided at the last F2F, cascading variable properties are
>> referenced via a case-sensitive ident. However, the definition of
>> object model methods referred to in the CSS Variables spec such as
>> setProperty, lookup property values with a case *insensitive* lookup.
>> That needs to be tweaked for the variables case.
>>
>> In other words, the two lines below return different values:
>>
>>   a = styleObj.getPropertyValue("var-foo");
>>   b = styleObj.getPropertyValue("var-FOO");
>>
>> I think the object model spec just needs to include steps for special
>> handling properties that begin with "var-".
>
> Ah, good catch.  Yes, this is something for CSSOM to define, probably.
>  I can patch it *in* Variables, but it would be better done in CSSOM,
> I think.
>
> Alternately, the get/set/etc algorithms can define a flag that
> invoking specs can set for CI/CS behavior, and then I can just have
> Variables set the flag to CS.  That way future specs that need CS
> matching for whatever reason can specify this without having to get
> CSSOM to update.  I'd prefer this.

I made CSSOM dispatch on whether a property is defined to be  
case-sensitive or case-insensitive.

https://dvcs.w3.org/hg/csswg/rev/121de33edc34
https://dvcs.w3.org/hg/csswg/rev/8b19669fd05f

-- 
Simon Pieters
Opera Software

Received on Thursday, 25 April 2013 12:01:43 UTC