- From: Simon Pieters <simonp@opera.com>
- Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2013 08:46:14 +0200
- To: "Glenn Adams" <glenn@skynav.com>, "Tab Atkins Jr." <jackalmage@gmail.com>
- Cc: "www-style@w3.org" <www-style@w3.org>
On Mon, 24 Jun 2013 16:21:22 +0200, Glenn Adams <glenn@skynav.com> wrote:
> btw, lack of support for this constructor was a minor impediment to
> creating tests in the recent Tokyo TTWF, at least until I pointed out  
> that
> one simply needed to create them indirectly by specifying a @media rule  
> in
> a style sheet;
Or just create a stylesheet.
http://software.hixie.ch/utilities/js/live-dom-viewer/saved/2363
> but yes, I don't see any place to use a MediaList once
> constructed;
OK.
On Mon, 24 Jun 2013 17:54:49 +0200, Tab Atkins Jr. <jackalmage@gmail.com>  
wrote:
> It does look like it can't currently be used for anything.  An obvious
> use for it would be to allow it to be assigned to .media directly,
> rather than having to go through text first.
That wouldn't enable anything that can't already be done, though. It also  
doesn't really seem more convenient.
sheet.media = new MediaList("...");
vs.
sheet.media.mediaText = "...";
I removed the constructor.
https://dvcs.w3.org/hg/csswg/rev/e76dc8c8b061
> Another use (possibly what prompted you to look into this?) is in
> custom MQs, where it could be useful to represent an MQ alias, rather
> than a purely custom one.
Can you elaborate on this?
-- 
Simon Pieters
Opera Software
Received on Tuesday, 25 June 2013 06:44:35 UTC