[webkit-dev] Implementing <style scoped>

[Dimitri Glazkov]

On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 4:11 PM, Maciej Stachowiak <mjs at apple.com> wrote:
>
> On Sep 8, 2011, at 2:28 PM, Roland Steiner wrote:
>
> Hi all,
> After several discussions on the whatwg@ mailing list and others, we would
> like to go forward with adding <style scoped> to WebKit.
> Overview:
> Style rules within <style scoped> only apply to the parent element of <style
> scoped> (the scoping element), as well as descendants of it. Any other nodes
> are unaffected. This allows authors to style specific parts of a page
> without requiring ID prefixes. It also has potential performance benefits,
> as scoped rules do not need to be evaluated outside their scope.
> As per discussion on
> http://lists.whatwg.org/pipermail/whatwg-whatwg.org/2011-June/032056.html,
> our implementation would diverge from the current HTML5 spec
> (http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/multipage/semantics.html#the-style-element)
> in that we would match selectors only up to, and including, the scoping
> element. E.g.,:
>
> It sounds like there wasn't consensus to make this spec change. In
> particular, Hixie's last comments seemed to disagree with the proposed
> change. My preferences would be:
> 1. Implement what the spec says rather than diverging.
> 2. Get the spec actually changed, or at least agreement in principle to
> change the spec, then implement the proposed behavior.
> 3. Make sure to webkit prefix it and maybe even call the attribute something
> other than "scoped" if we are not confident of the spec change coming
> through.
> It's definitely *not* ok to call the attribute "scoped" but not match what
> the spec says, in my opinion.
> I would strongly prefer #1 or #2 to #3. I don't have any particular opinion
> on the substantive issue, but I don't think we should just diverge without
> agreement from others.

Yeah. You're right. We should get Hixie to change the spec. I don't
think we should implement currently spec'd behavior or change the
name. That last option sounds exceptionally bad. Roland, can you post
on that thread and request the spec change?

:DG<

> Regards,
> Maciej
>
>
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