- From: fantasai <fantasai.lists@inkedblade.net>
- Date: Wed, 11 May 2016 10:40:45 -0700
- To: Dave Cramer <dauwhe@gmail.com>, James Craig <jcraig@apple.com>
- Cc: www-style list <www-style@w3.org>
On 05/11/2016 09:50 AM, Dave Cramer wrote: > On Wed, May 11, 2016 at 9:39 AM, James Craig <jcraig@apple.com> wrote: >> Example 21 and 22 in the "Automatic Counters and numbering section" >> >> https://drafts.csswg.org/css-content-3/#counters >> >> ...reference the "alt" property that was previously defined in this spec. >> >> Will someone point me to the new location of that property definition? >> >> I could not find it in Pseudos either. >> https://drafts.csswg.org/css-pseudo-4/ >> > > It's an editing error—I'll fix the examples. Fantasai pointed out that > having a separate alt property was a problem, as it would not cascade > with the content property itself. See https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2014Nov/0046.html > So we're proposing to have > alternative text as part of the syntax of the content property itself, > by allowing a slash at the end of the property followed by an alt text > string. Here's an example: > > hr::before { content: "* * *" / "" } > > In this case, using the empty alt string to indicate that the string > inserted via the content property is purely decorative. If an image is > inserted via content property, one could express proper alt text as > well > > foo::before { content: url('bar.jpg') / "alt text for bar.jpg image" } > > Thanks, > > Dave > >
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