15152 2011-12-12 20:22:52 +0000 [Explainer]: select attribute on content element 2011-12-21 21:03:15 +0000 1 1 1 Unclassified WebAppsWG HISTORICAL - Component Model unspecified PC All RESOLVED WONTFIX P2 normal --- 14949 1 divya.manian dglazkov public-webapps-bugzilla oldest_to_newest 61460 0 divya.manian 2011-12-12 20:22:52 +0000 Again as the content attr and content element, while this is obviously impossible to confuse with select element, I think the word 'select' seems to be vague and less obvious explanation of the action it invokes. Perhaps 'use'? Also, is my assumption that the generic content without a 'select' attribute will render all content that has not previously rendered elsewhere with the 'select' attribute? I also wonder if it is necessary to have a 'select' attribute at all? Could we not use CSS region or any of the document flow agnostic layout features? 61904 1 dglazkov 2011-12-21 21:03:15 +0000 (In reply to comment #0) > Again as the content attr and content element, while this is obviously > impossible to confuse with select element, I think the word 'select' seems to > be vague and less obvious explanation of the action it invokes. > > Perhaps 'use'? I am pretty happy with "select", because it uses selector-based syntax. "Use" seems just a different color of the same bike shed :) > > Also, is my assumption that the generic content without a 'select' attribute > will render all content that has not previously rendered elsewhere with the > 'select' attribute? Yep. It says so in the example: <div> <content select="h1.cool"><!-- all h1.cool children will appear here --></content> <div class="cool"> <content select=".cool"><!-- all .cool children (except the ones that are h1.cool) appear here --></content> </div> <div class="stuff"> <content><!-- all remaining children will appear here --></content> </div> </div> > > I also wonder if it is necessary to have a 'select' attribute at all? Could we > not use CSS region or any of the document flow agnostic layout features? No, you really need a way to specify an insertion point in DOM. Once you've got an insertion point, you also need to have more than one, and then you need a way to differentiate between them.