[css-overflow-3] ::nth-fragment inspiration (Was: [2003] text flow from one element to pseudo-element)

I had a serious case of deja vu while reading the ::nth-fragment portion of the CSS overflow spec. I requested text flow pseudo-elements in nearly identical form back in 2003 and again in 2006. I called it "flow" rather than "nth-fragment" but otherwise the proposal is the same. Needless to say, I'm in favor ::nth-fragment, and I even like the new name better. Glad to see the idea finally stuck, whether or not it was a conscious or subconscious inspiration. ;-)

>From the original 2003 proposal: 
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2003Jul/0006.html
> div.content {}
> div.content:text-flow(1) {}
> div.content:text-flow(2) {}
> div.content:text-flow(n) {}

>From the 2006 revision: 
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2006Apr/0051.html
> .example {}
> .example::flow(1) {}
> .example::flow(2) {}

>From the 2013 working draft: 
http://www.w3.org/TR/css-overflow-3/#fragment-pseudo-element
> .article {}
> .article::nth-fragment(1) {}
> .article::nth-fragment(2) {}

Sometimes the gratification of working in web standards is not apparent for quite a while. ;-)

Cheers and have a great weekend,
James

PS. I have some *real* feedback on ::nth-fragment, but I'll send that in a separate thread.

Received on Saturday, 27 April 2013 02:43:48 UTC