Andy
Staines wrote:
Is there a case for including in the core a
VERY SMALL set of CSS defs? Like alignleft/alignright... Not keen on
the idea but it would work for a large number of people
Names like "alignleft" and "alignright" are presentational in nature. I
know I've seen a good article on this subject, but I can't seem to
locate the one I had in mind. However, here are a couple of links that
touch on the topic:
http://tantek.com/log/2002/12.html#L20021216t2238
http://meyerweb.com/?s=presentational
It's a good idea to first try to target HTML elements by their
hierarchy in the document. Add classes when you have exceptions, but
make them semantic by their function, not by how you intend to display
them. What if you redesign your site later in such a way that all the
"alignright" items aren't supposed to be aligned to the right anymore?
Of course, this is pretty general advice, and anybody is free to do
things their own way. But I don't think that we should add generic
classes to WP's default CSS, especially if they are presentational in
nature. For one thing, it's bad semantics. And for another, there's no
guarantee that other CSS rules defined by a theme or plugin wouldn't
interact with them, causing unwanted side-effects.
Yes - and I really absolutely agree. But using the RTE and drag and
drop to get images into your post is now a long-winded and unintuitive
work flow and to add a presentation class to an image requires opening
up the html window etc. I can do this quicker, easier, with less fuss
and less processing 'wait' time in 1.5.x.
Andy
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