Re: [WSG] style attribute depreciated in xhtml 1.1?

[Alan Trick]

I'm implementing some BBtag-like things on my webste though, and it 
semes to make more sense to have something like [red] create a <span 
style='color:#f00'></span> instead of a <span class='red'></span> and 
have a whole bunch of unnecesary styles, and if I want to allow 
something like [span style='color:#123'], that is quite difficult to do 
via classes and external/internal css.
The only other place I've used it is when I want to randomly generate a 
background-image or something, but that probably better doen with 
internal css
Alan Trick

Vlad Alexander (XStandard) wrote:
Hi Alan,
 

I just found you that the style attribute is depreciated
in xhtml 1.1. Does this  mean that it will eventually be
obolete?
     

It depends on what you mean by "obolete". Deprecated means that it's part of the spec but the 
construct is outdated and its use is strongly discouraged. The next version of XHTML is 2.0 which won't get 
wide acceptance for 5 to 10 years. It's in Working Draft status. In it, the "style" is not flagged 
"deprecated" but that can change. Here is what the spec says:
Note: use of the style attribute is strongly discouraged in favor of the style 
element and external style sheets. In addition, content developers are advised 
to avoid use of the style attribute on content intended for use on small 
devices, since those devices may not support the use of in-line styles.
Source: http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml2/mod-styleAttribute.html
 

If so, what do they expect us to do for inline
styles because it doesn't always make sense 
to have everything in an external style sheet.
     

Can you provide some example of how you want to use inline formatting?
Regards,
-Vlad
http://xstandard.com
Alan Trick wrote:
 

I just found you that the style attribute is depreciated in xhtml 1.1. 
Does this  mean that it will eventually be obolete? If so, what do they 
expect us to do for inline styles because it doesn't always make sense 
to have everything in an external style sheet.
Alan Trick
   

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