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

On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 3:15 PM, 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.
>

agreed; see https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=21190