- From: Steve Orvell <sorvell@google.com>
- Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2014 10:01:29 -0700
- To: www-style@w3.org
- Message-ID: <CA+rMWZh38sazLAfqfwwR2OvY7R3wE-i_qjJqpQa3Oz7Ardd34w@mail.gmail.com>
This section (http://dev.w3.org/csswg/shadow-styling/#shadow-trees) defines the `active shadow tree`, but the spec does not mention the importance this has for styling. The spec does say, "The descendants of a shadow host must not generate boxes as normal. Instead, the contents of the active shadow tree generates boxes as if it were the contents of the element instead." It's unclear to me if "generate boxes" is connected with the application of a stylesheet. Regardless, the spec needs to clarify the following behavior. Only stylesheets in the `active shadow tree` should be applied. The ShadomDOM spec defines the <shadow> element ( http://w3c.github.io/webcomponents/spec/shadow/#the-shadow-element). By using a <shadow> element inside a younger shadowRoot, an author can choose to display an older shadowRoot. It's only in this case that stylesheets in an older shadowRoot should be applied. This is important to clarify because it has implications for the :host selector. If an element has 2 shadowRoots and the older shadowRoot includes a stylesheet with a :host selector, this rule should only be applied if the younger active shadowRoot includes a <shadow> element. This behavior is desirable because it allows style information to be isolated between shadowRoots. It also gives authors a choice (via the <shadow> element) to accept or reject :host styling defined in older shadowRoots.
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