- From: Simon Pieters <simonp@opera.com>
- Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2014 13:56:51 +0100
- To: "Florian Rivoal" <florian@rivoal.net>, "Bruce Lawson" <brucel@opera.com>
- Cc: "Bogdan Brinza" <bbrinza@microsoft.com>, "www-style@w3.org" <www-style@w3.org>
On Tue, 11 Nov 2014 12:35:47 +0100, Bruce Lawson <brucel@opera.com> wrote:
> On 11 November 2014 11:23, Florian Rivoal <florian@rivoal.net> wrote:
>> there were web-compat concerns back at Opera
>
> FYI, there were sites doing "clearfix" but instead of doing
>
> .container:after {
> content:"";
> display:table;
> clear:both;
> }
>
> they'd typo'd it to
>
> .container {
> content:"";
> ...
> }
>
> and so replaced all their content with "" in Presto Opera. (and, of
> course, their "clearfix" didn't work in any other browser).
Yep.
If we wanted this functionality in a way that is compatible, we could use
different syntax for elements, e.g.
#foo { content: replace "hello" }
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Simon Pieters
Opera Software
Received on Tuesday, 11 November 2014 12:57:17 UTC