- From: Xidorn Quan <quanxunzhen@gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2014 22:17:58 +1100
- To: Reece Dunn <msclrhd@googlemail.com>
- Cc: "Tab Atkins Jr." <jackalmage@gmail.com>, www-style list <www-style@w3.org>
On Mon, Feb 17, 2014 at 9:48 PM, Reece Dunn <msclrhd@googlemail.com> wrote: > I think that the key questions are: > > 1. When setting the values, how are inter-connected values validated? > > 2. What are the intended use cases of the getter API? I don't mind if there is another API from which the client can access the computed value directly. But I think there should be at least one method for client to get the original value declared in CSS, because if the original value is known, it is possible, whatever complex, for the user to follow the rule and figure out the effective value, however, if only the computed value is known, it is impossible for the user to know the original ones, except reparsing the CSS text itself. As you mentioned before that, if the original value is returned, people may build some jQuery-like libs to access such API. But did you note that, it is still able to build such libs if they want. But if the API follows your proposal, they will be completely disabled from doing the reverse. Regards, Xidorn Quan
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