On Wed, 23 Jan 2008 15:03:42 +0100
Lachlan Hunt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Simon Pieters wrote:
> > <ol start="100" reverse>
> >
> > The lack of start='' would make the numbers update as the list is
> > filled with <li>s. This allows both for simplicitly for short lists
> > and correct incremental rendering for large lists.
>
> No, the lack of an explicit start attribute would make it start from
> the default value: 1. It would then count down from there:
>
> 1. A
> 0. B
> -1. C
> -2. D
>
Actually, the best route I can see is to not have a start attribute at
all but to rely on the browser to automatically detect the amount of
<li> tags within an
<ol reverse> container and decrement from there. ie:
<ol reverse> <-- Start count from here.
<li>Red</li>
<li>Orange</li>
<li>Yellow</li>
<li>Green</li>
<li>Blue</li>
</ol> <-- Close tag detected, 5 <li> tags counted.
is rendered as starting from 5:
5. Red
4. Orange
...etc...
and using a "step" value, for example, all the browser would need to do
is multiply the total at the </ol> tag, and decrement that
multiplied total by the "step" amount, making:
<ol reverse step="5">
render the list as:
25. Red
20. Orange
15. Yellow
...etc...
It might mean more work for the browsers, but by experience something
like this isn't too hard to implement.
