> > Hmm, I beg to differ. There is a nice way to handle this, using just CSS: > > > > http://www.456bereastreet.com/archive/200503/setting_the_current_menu_state_with_css/ > > That's exactly the same as what I was saying. The identification of > the current page is in the markup. It has to be scripted server-side > or done by hand. > > Don't go stopping my heart with wild ideas like current-page-detection > in CSS. You had me thinking my current world view was about to be > turned upside down.
Again - and please refer to the class vs. ID thread some days ago: http://archivist.incutio.com/viewlist/css-discuss/67500 http://archivist.incutio.com/viewlist/css-discuss/67513 This is a sexy idea and very much fun and all, but only using classes and CSS to highlight the current page is NOT accessible. Users without CSS need to know aswell what is the current page, which is why: - The current page should not be linked at all - I replace the current link with a strong - The parent page of the current page should have an extra HTML indicator that it is a parent page (adding a strong inside the link makes sense). Then you can also do the CSS highlighting, via li strong {} li a strong {} li li strong {} However, all of that has to happen server side. If you can use PHP and domxml, take a look at http://onlinetools.org/tools/easynav/ which does that for you. As to answering the question: No, neither CSS nor JavaScript can keep a state of a navigation without markup changes (in JavaScript you could use a cookie to store the state or send it via the URL but that is also not accessible as it does rely on either of them). CSS is great to stye structured content, and is neither a JavaScript nor a SSI replacement: http://www.wait-till-i.com/index.php?p=136 HTH chris -- Chris Heilmann Blog: http://www.wait-till-i.com Writing: http://icant.co.uk/ Binaries: http://www.onlinetools.org/ ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
