[webkit-dev] Landing <style scoped> with un-prefixed attribute name

Roland Steiner rolandsteiner at google.com
Wed Nov 16 22:27:35 PST 2011


[Resending this with different subject, since the original mail reportedly
got caught in spam filters]

On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 17:03, Ian Hickson <ian at hixie.ch> wrote:

> On Tue, 15 Nov 2011, Ryosuke Niwa wrote:
> > On Sun, Nov 13, 2011 at 5:58 PM, Roland Steiner <
> rolandsteiner at google.com>wrote:
> > >
> > > A while ago there we had a discussion which direction <style scoped>
> > > should take, whether selectors should be scoped to the scoping
> > > element, or be global. At that time it was felt that 'scoped' should
> > > be prefixed until the discussion is resolved.
> > >
> > > Now, I have had implementation patches ready for a while already, and
> > > with Hixie agreeing that the spec should be changed in this regard (
> > >
> http://lists.whatwg.org/htdig.cgi/whatwg-whatwg.org/2011-September/033337.html
> ),
> > > I wondered if it's ok for me to re-upload them in an un-prefixed
> > > 'scoped' version, or whether folks would still prefer a '-webkit-'
> > > prefix after all.
> >
> > Has the spec changed and expected to be stable (i.e. no behavioral change
> > in any foreseeable future)?
>
> I'm not aware of any new information coming to light since the e-mail in
> September. I haven't updated the spec yet, but forsee no reason why I
> would not do so in due course.
>
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>


Hi all,

Based on Hixie's mail above (referring to an earlier mail from September),
I would like to go forward and start landing <style scoped> in WebKit with
an un-prefixed attribute.

Should there be objections to this, please let me know!


Cheers,

- Roland
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