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1 | 1 | <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> |
2 | 2 | <html lang="en"> |
3 | | -<!-- $Id: ui.src,v 1.14 1997-10-21 01:08:47 ian Exp $ --> |
| 3 | +<!-- $Id: ui.src,v 1.15 1997-10-30 08:52:09 ian Exp $ --> |
4 | 4 | <HEAD> |
5 | 5 | <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"> |
6 | 6 | <TITLE>User interface</TITLE> |
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ context. |
29 | 29 | <dd>The platform-dependent default cursor (usually an arrow). |
30 | 30 |
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31 | 31 | <dt><strong>pointer</strong> |
32 | | -<dd>The cursor is a pointer of some sort. |
| 32 | +<dd>The cursor is a pointer that indicates a link. |
33 | 33 |
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34 | 34 | <dt><strong>move</strong> |
35 | 35 | <dd>Indicates something is to be moved |
@@ -58,29 +58,26 @@ different ways. |
58 | 58 |
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59 | 59 | <P>CSS2 does not allow users to specify animated cursors. |
60 | 60 |
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61 | | -<H2>User preferences for colors and fonts</H2> |
| 61 | +<H2>User preferences for colors</H2> |
62 | 62 |
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63 | | -<p>In addition to being able to assign pre-defined color and font |
64 | | -values to text, backgrounds, etc. CSS2 allows authors to specify |
65 | | -colors and fonts in a manner that integrates them into the user's |
66 | | -graphic environment. For instance, color blind users may have their |
67 | | -environment configured to avoid specific colors. Similarly, users may |
68 | | -prefer large fonts for easier reading. Style rules that take into |
69 | | -account user preferences thus offer the following advantages: |
| 63 | +<p>In addition to being able to assign pre-defined color values to |
| 64 | +text, backgrounds, etc. CSS2 allows authors to specify colors in a |
| 65 | +manner that integrates them into the user's graphic environment. For |
| 66 | +instance, color blind users may have their environment configured to |
| 67 | +avoid specific colors. Style rules that take into account user |
| 68 | +preferences thus offer the following advantages: |
70 | 69 |
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71 | 70 | <ol> |
72 | 71 | <li>They produce pages that fit the user's defined look and feel.</li> |
73 | 72 | <li>They produce pages that may be more accessible as the current user |
74 | 73 | settings may be related to a disability.</li> |
75 | 74 | </ol> |
76 | 75 |
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77 | | -<p>The set of values defined for system and font are intended to |
| 76 | +<p>The set of values defined for system colors is intended to |
78 | 77 | be exhaustive. For systems that do not expose a corresponding |
79 | 78 | value, it should be mapped to the nearest system attribute, or to |
80 | 79 | a default color.</p> |
81 | 80 |
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82 | | -<h3><a name="system-colors">System Colors</a></h3> |
83 | | - |
84 | 81 | <p>The following lists additional values for color related CSS |
85 | 82 | attributes and their general meaning. Any color property (e.g., <span |
86 | 83 | class="propinst-color">'color'</span> or <span |
@@ -159,41 +156,6 @@ P { color: windowtext; background-color: window } |
159 | 156 | </PRE> |
160 | 157 | </div> |
161 | 158 |
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162 | | -<h3><a name="system-fonts">System fonts</a></h3> |
163 | | - |
164 | | -<p>System fonts can only be accessed as a whole; that is, the |
165 | | -font-family, size, weight, style, etc. are all set at the same |
166 | | -time. The shorthand property <span class="propinst-font">'font'</span> |
167 | | -is redefined to take either its normal set of font sub-properties or a |
168 | | -string token (denoted <span class="index-def" |
169 | | -title="<system-font>, definition of"><a |
170 | | -name="value-def-system-font"><system-font></a></span>from the |
171 | | -following list:</p> |
172 | | - |
173 | | -<dl> |
174 | | -<dt><strong>caption</strong> |
175 | | -<dd>Font used for captioned controls (e.g. |
176 | | - buttons, drop-downs, etc.) |
177 | | -<dt><strong>icon</strong> |
178 | | -<dd>Font used to label icons |
179 | | -<dt><strong>menu</strong> |
180 | | -<dd>Font used in menus |
181 | | -<dt><strong>messagebox</strong> |
182 | | -<dd>Font used in dialog boxes, etc. |
183 | | -<dt><strong>smallcaption</strong> |
184 | | -<dd>Font used for labeling small controls |
185 | | -<dt><strong>statusbar</strong> |
186 | | -<dd>Font used in the status bar of windows |
187 | | -</dl> |
188 | | - |
189 | | -<div class="example"><P> |
190 | | -For example, to specify that the font used for paragraphs should be |
191 | | -the same as that used for "messageboxes", write the following: |
192 | | -<PRE> |
193 | | -P { font: messagebox } |
194 | | -</PRE> |
195 | | -</div> |
196 | | - |
197 | 159 | <H2>Other rendering issues that depend on user agents</H2> |
198 | 160 |
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199 | 161 | <H3>Magnification</H3> |
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