Re: [selectors-4] :blank pseudo-class

On Thu, Aug 20, 2015 at 1:34 PM, fantasai <fantasai.lists@inkedblade.net> wrote:
> On 08/20/2015 09:34 AM, Brad Kemper wrote:
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>>> On Aug 19, 2015, at 3:17 PM, fantasai <fantasai.lists@inkedblade.net>
>>> wrote:
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>>> http://www.useragentman.com/blog/2012/11/05/css3-pseudo-classes-and-html5-forms-their-limitations-and-a-possible-solution/
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>>> The current :blank pseudo-class should probably be renamed
>>> and :blank used to indicate blank (omitted) form fields.
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>> ':white-space' seems like an obvious choice, and easy to remember. Would
>> it be confusing because it is also a property name?
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>> ':space' maybe? Not space characters only, but (white) space in the
>> markup.
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> Well, but it matches even when there is no white space. :)
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>> Or we can try for something that looks similar to ':empty'. Maybe
>> ':empty-ish'? Too tongue-in-cheek? ':mostly-empty' (like "mostly dead" in
>> "The Princess Bride")?
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> :empty-ish works for me, lacking a better proposal. ._.;;
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> But it's clearly silly. :)
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> ~fantasai
>


how about :null or :void?

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Received on Thursday, 20 August 2015 17:51:27 UTC