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Bug 27185 - Make <ol start=""> accept an ID as well as a number, or some such
Summary: Make <ol start=""> accept an ID as well as a number, or some such
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: WHATWG
Classification: Unclassified
Component: HTML (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: Other other
: P3 enhancement
Target Milestone: Needs Impl Interest
Assignee: Ian 'Hixie' Hickson
QA Contact: contributor
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Depends on: 17632
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Reported: 2014-10-28 17:13 UTC by Ian 'Hixie' Hickson
Modified: 2016-03-28 13:15 UTC (History)
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Description Ian 'Hixie' Hickson 2014-10-28 17:13:42 UTC 
Brian Tremblay <webmaster@tsmchughs.com> proposed that we add a way to connect <ol>s, as in <ol id="a">...</ol> ... <ol liststart="a"> or some such. But we could do it by repurposing start="", e.g. start="#a" or some such. See e.g.:

  http://www.tenmercer.com/recipes/prawns-app
Comment 1 Anne 2016-03-28 13:15:06 UTC 
This is custom elements territory these days. Or maybe CSS if they make it sufficiently extensible.