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   <h1 id="title">CSS Presentation Levels Module</h1>

   <h2 class="no-num no-toc" id="W3C-doctype">W3C Working Group Note 19
    November 2014</h2>

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  <h2 class="no-num no-toc" id="abstract">Abstract</h2>

  <p>Presentation levels are integer values attached to elements in a
   document. Elements that are below, at, or above a certain threshold can be
   styled differently. This feature has two compelling use cases. First,
   slide presentations with transition effects can be described. For example,
   list items can be progressively revealed by sliding in from the side.
   Second, outline views of documents, where only the headings to a certain
   level are visible, can be generated.</p>

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  <h2 class="no-num no-toc" id="toc">Table of contents</h2>
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  <ul class="toc">
   <li><a href="#themodel"><span class="secno">1. </span>The model</a></li>

   <li><a href="#presentation-level-property"><span class="secno">2.
    </span>The ‘<code class="property">presentation-level</code>’
    property</a></li>

   <li><a href="#example1"><span class="secno">3. </span>Example 1:
    progressively revealing list items</a></li>

   <li><a href="#example2"><span class="secno">4. </span>Example 2:
    presenting outline views of a document</a></li>

   <li><a href="#dom"><span class="secno">5. </span>Presentation levels and
    the DOM</a></li>
  </ul>
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  <h2 id="themodel"><span class="secno">1. </span>The model</h2>

  <p>Content reuse has been one of the main motivations for the development
   of style sheets. By associating documents with different style sheets, the
   same content can be presented in different ways. The introduction of
   <em>presentation levels</em> in CSS adds functionality which is very
   useful in two particular settings. First, slide presentations with
   transition effects can be described. For example, list items can be
   progressively revealed by sliding in from the side. Second, outline views
   of documents, where only the headings to a certain level are visible, can
   be generated.</p>

  <p>The model behind presentation levels is simple. Each element in the
   document is assigned an integer value which is referred to as the
   "element's presentation level" (EPL). The EPL can be set explicitly in a
   style sheet or calculated automatically based on the element's position in
   the document structure: it is specified by the computed value of the <a
   class="property" href="#presentation-level">‘<code
   class="property">presentation-level</code>’</a> property. The User Agent
   maintains another integer value which is called the User Agent
   Presentation Value (UAPL). The UAPL starts at a UA-defined value,
   typically 0.</p>

  <p>All elements are in one of three presentation pseudo-classes: <span
   class="css">‘<code class="property">below-level</code>’</span>, <span
   class="css">‘<code class="property">at-level</code>’</span>, and <span
   class="css">‘<code class="property">above-level</code>’</span>. These
   pseudo-classes refer to whether the element's EPL was below, at, or above
   the UAPL the last time the UAPL changed. When an element's state is
   evaluated, the EPL is compared to the UAPL and pseudo-classes are assigned
   as follows: If the EPL is equal to 0, the element is always in the
   below-level state. If the EPL is lower than the UAPL value, it is set to
   the ‘<code class="property">below-level</code>’ state, if the EPL is
   exactly that value it is set to ‘<code
   class="property">at-level</code>’, and if the EPL is greater than that
   value it is set to ‘<code class="property">above-level</code>’.</p>

  <p>Here is an example of a style sheets using the presentation
   pseudo-classes:</p>

  <pre>
  :below-level { color: black }
  :at-level { color: red }
  :above-level { color: silver }
</pre>

   levels. The user agent will need to provide a user interface for setting
   the UAPL. For example, in projection mode, a user agent may increase the
   UAPL every time the user hits the space bar. When the user moves to
   another page (for example by following a hyperlink), the user agent may
   set the UAPL to be the same as presentation level of the first element on
   the page. In outline mode, the user agent may provide a vertical slider on
   the side to increase/decrease the UAPL.</p>

  <h2 id="presentation-level-property"><span class="secno">2. </span>The
   ‘<a href="#presentation-level"><code
   class="property">presentation-level</code></a>’ property</h2>

  <table class="propdef">
   <tbody>
    <tr>
     <td><em>Name:</em></td>

     <td><dfn id="presentation-level">presentation-level</dfn></td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
     <td><em>Value:</em></td>

     <td>&lt;integer&gt; | same | increment</td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
     <td><em>Initial:</em></td>

     <td>0</td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
     <td><em>Applies to:</em></td>

     <td>all elements</td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
     <td><em>Inherited:</em></td>

     <td>yes</td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
     <td><em>Percentages:</em></td>

     <td>N/A</td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
     <td><em>Media:</em></td>

     <td>all</td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
     <td><em>Computed value:</em></td>

     <td>integer</td>
    </tr>
   </tbody>
  </table>

  <p>This property sets the element's presentation level (EPL). The values
   have the following meanings:</p>

  <ul>
   <li>An integer value sets the presentation level explicitly.</li>

   <li>A value of <span class="css">‘<code
    class="property">increment</code>’</span> computes to a value one more
    than the previous (in document order) element's presentation level.</li>

   <li>A value of <span class="css">‘<code
    class="property">same</code>’</span> computes to the same value as the
    previous element's (in document order) presentation level. For the root
    element, <span class="css">‘<code
    class="property">same</code>’</span> computes to zero.</li>
  </ul>

  <h2 id="example1"><span class="secno">3. </span>Example 1: progressively
   revealing list items</h2>

  <p>Here is an example of how presentation levels can be used to
   progressively reveal list items while high-lighting the current one.</p>

  <pre>
                                                   EPL value
&lt;!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0//EN"&gt;
&lt;HTML&gt;                                             0
&lt;STYLE&gt;                                            0
  html { color: black; background: white }
  @media projection {
    h1 { page-break-before: always }
    li { presentation-level: increment }
    :below-level { color: black }
    :at-level { color: red }
    :above-level { color: silver }
  }
&lt;/STYLE&gt;
&lt;BODY&gt;                                             0
&lt;H1&gt;Strategies&lt;/H1&gt;                                0
&lt;H2&gt;Our strategy&lt;/H2&gt;                              0
&lt;UL&gt;                                               0
  &lt;LI&gt;divide                                       1
  &lt;LI&gt;conquer                                      2
  &lt;P&gt;(in that order)                               2
&lt;/UL&gt;
&lt;H2&gt;Their strategy&lt;/H2&gt;                            0
&lt;UL&gt;                                               0
  &lt;LI&gt;obfuscate                                    1
  &lt;LI&gt;propagate                                    2
&lt;/UL&gt;
</pre>

  <p>In the example above, the LI elements' EPL value is increased with one
   compared to the previous element. The other elements' EPL value is the
   same as the previous element due to the initial <span class="css">‘<code
   class="property">same</code>’</span> value of the <a class="property"
   href="#presentation-level">‘<code
   class="property">presentation-level</code>’</a> property.</p>

  <h2 id="example2"><span class="secno">4. </span>Example 2: presenting
   outline views of a document</h2>

  <p>Here is an example of how presentation levels can be used to present
   outline views of a document:</p>

  <pre>
                                                   EPL value
&lt;!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0//EN"&gt;
&lt;HTML&gt;                                             0
&lt;STYLE&gt;
   h1 { presentation-level: 0; }
   h2 { presentation-level: 1; }
   h3 { presentation-level: 2; }
   body * { presentation-level: 3; }
   :above-level { display: none; }
&lt;/STYLE&gt;
&lt;BODY&gt;                                             0
&lt;H1&gt;Strategies&lt;/H1&gt;                                3
&lt;H2&gt;Our strategy&lt;/H2&gt;                              2
&lt;UL&gt;                                               0
&lt;LI&gt;divide                                         0
&lt;LI&gt;conquer                                        0
&lt;P&gt;(in that order)                                 0
&lt;/UL&gt;
&lt;H2&gt;Their strategy&lt;/H2&gt;                            2
&lt;UL&gt;                                               0
&lt;LI&gt;obfuscate                                      0
&lt;LI&gt;propagate                                      0
&lt;/UL&gt;
</pre>

  <h2 id="dom"><span class="secno">5. </span>Presentation levels and the DOM</h2>

  <p>An element's state is first evaluated when it is created. When the UAPL
   is changed, all elements in the document have their state reevaluated. A
   CSSNowBelowLevel event is then sent to all elements that changed to the
   ‘<code class="property">below-level</code>’ state, a CSSNowAtLevel
   event is then sent to all elements that changed to the ‘<code
   class="property">at-level</code>’ state, and a CSSNowAboveLevel event is
   then sent to all elements that changed to the ‘<code
   class="property">above-level</code>’ state. Changing an element's ‘<a
   href="#presentation-level"><code
   class="property">presentation-level</code></a>’ property, e.g. through
   the DOM or using a dynamic pseudo-class, does not cause the element's
   state to be immediately reevaluated.</p>

  <p>These events have the following characteristics:</p>

  <ul>
   <li>Bubbles: Yes</li>

   <li>Cancelable: No</li>

   <li>Context Info: detail (the UAPL)</li>
  </ul>

  <p>SMIL can be used with this event to declaratively key animations from
   user requests, based on the ‘<code
   class="property">presentation-index</code>’ property.</p>

  <p>The events are defined as:</p>

  <pre>
   interface CSSNowBelowLevel : UIEvent { }
   interface CSSNowAtLevel : UIEvent { }
   interface CSSNowAboveLevel : UIEvent { }
</pre>

  <p>These three fragments together will cause a document to have three
   user-triggered list items, which will scroll in one at a time each time
   the user hits the space bar (or whatever mechanism the UA uses), with the
   current item colored white and the past items colored gray.</p>

  <p>Markup:</p>

  <pre>
    &lt;ol&gt;
     &lt;li&gt; The Separation of Style and Structure &lt;/li&gt;
     &lt;li&gt; Declarative User Interaction &lt;/li&gt;
     &lt;li&gt; Potential for Animation &lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;/ol&gt;
</pre>

  <p>Stylesheet:</p>

  <pre>
     ol { overflow: hidden; }
     li { presentation-level: increment; margin-left: 100%; }
     li:at-level { color: white; }
     li:above-level { color: silver; }
</pre>

  <p>Script:</p>

  <pre>
    // When the element is shown, scroll it in from the right
    // by animating the margin-left property from 100% to 0%
    document.documentElement.addEventListener('CSSNowAtLevel', handler, false);

    function handler(event) {
      // animateFloat is a (fictional) library routine which takes
      // five arguments:
      //  a CSSValue to animate
      //  the start value
      //  the end value
      //  the time over which to animate the property, in milliseconds
      //  the units to animate it with
      // it returns straight away and performs the animation in the
      // background.
      animateFloat(document.getOverrideStyle(event.target,
                                  null).getPropertyCSSValue('margin-left'),
                   100, 0, 1000, CSS_PERCENTAGE);
    }
</pre>
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