XML Multiple Attributes with CSS?????

[TechieGrl]

Hello.

It's been awhile since I've been in the XML world, but before I go
down a possibly unnecessary path, I wanted to ask about using CSS and
XML files. Is it possible to style multiple attributes inside of
elements using CSS?

For example

<NAME first="Joe" middle="Bob" last="Johnson">

Can I style the first middle and last attributes using CSS or am I
going to need to use XSL? Any other ideas someone might have would be
appreciated.

Thanks!

 

[Martin Honnen]

It's been awhile since I've been in the XML world, but before I go
down a possibly unnecessary path, I wanted to ask about using CSS and
XML files. Is it possible to style multiple attributes inside of
elements using CSS?

For example

<NAME first="Joe" middle="Bob" last="Johnson">

Can I style the first middle and last attributes using CSS or am I
going to need to use XSL? Any other ideas someone might have would be
appreciated.

With CSS you style elements not attributes. You can write selectors
making use of attribute values but attribute values are not rendered and
can't be styled therefore with CSS. You will need to apply XSLT to
transform attribute values to element contents that can be styled.

 

[Peter Flynn]

With CSS you style elements not attributes. You can write selectors
making use of attribute values but attribute values are not rendered and
can't be styled therefore with CSS. You will need to apply XSLT to
transform attribute values to element contents that can be styled.

CSS does actually provide a function for the exposure of attribute
values but it's widely ignored by browser writers.

///Peter

 

[Martin Honnen]

CSS does actually provide a function for the exposure of attribute
values but it's widely ignored by browser writers.

http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/generate.html#propdef-content

I think support is coming in the soon to be released Firefox 3 and the
later to be released IE 8. At least I think that the Acid test covers that.