- From: Alan Stearns <stearns@adobe.com>
- Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2014 23:27:40 +0000
- To: James Craig <jcraig@apple.com>, www-style list <www-style@w3.org>
- CC: "jackalmage@gmail.com" <jackalmage@gmail.com>, fantasai <fantasai@inkedblade.net>
On 11/2/14, 11:41 AM, "James Craig" <jcraig@apple.com> wrote: >It's been a couple years since CSS "alt" was proposed. The thread ended >with the implication that it was a necessary and useful idea, and that it >would be added to Editor's Draft. I was told no further action was >necessary. > >> Start of thread: >> http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Nov/thread.html#msg233 >> >> Tab's suggestion of "alt" property: >> http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Nov/0317.html >> >> Clarifications: >> http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Nov/0318.html > >And the property has been shipping in WebKit (as -webkit-alt) for about a >year now. > >> AX: Implement CSS -webkit-alt property (text alternative for generated >>content pseudo-elements ::before and ::after) >> https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=120188 > >I'm re-sending this to www-style with the [css-pseudo] prefix because it >hasn't yet made it into a draft in the last two years. I’ve checked in a rough draft of the property: http://dev.w3.org/csswg/css-pseudo/#alt-property Thanks, Alan
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