- From: Antony Kennedy <booshtukka@me.com>
- Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2014 17:27:20 +0000
- To: fantasai <fantasai.lists@inkedblade.net>
- Cc: Michael Cooper <cooper@w3.org>, CSS WG <www-style@w3.org>, WAI Liaison <wai-liaison@w3.org>
> On 23 Jul 2014, at 10:20, fantasai <fantasai.lists@inkedblade.net> wrote: > > On 07/23/2014 05:58 PM, Michael Cooper wrote: >> Below is a quite late comment from PFWG on CSS Backgrounds and Borders Last Call >> http://www.w3.org/TR/2014/WD-css3-background-20140204/ >> >> About drawing focus rings: this can be done with existing border properties and the :focus psudoclass, which is good. It >> would be nice to have some discussion of this in the spec and an example. It would also be interesting to look at whether a >> focus ring is a different type of border, that should be drawn in a different position or style by default, and how CSS-based >> focus indicators interact with browser and OS focus indicators. This is a feature request, and could wait until the next >> version. > > Hello PFWG, > Border are not intended for focus rings: we have a separate 'outline' > property that's intended for this use case: > http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/ui.html#dynamic-outlines > > An author can change the color/style of the browser/OS focus indicators > by changing the 'outline' property's values on the focused element. > > A user can disable such modifications by restricting it via !important > rules in the user style sheet (or an equivalent UI control) just like > disabling author-specified colors and fonts. > > Let me know if this addresses your concern. > > ~fantasai > A user can set their own outline with !important, but out of interest, is there a way for them to stop the author overriding browser defaults?
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