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[css-pseudo] IE also implements a paired cascade with color/bgcolor, so given full interop, we're stuck with it.
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The UA should use the OS-default selection color
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when neither 'color' nor 'background-color' has been specified by the author.
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Issue: This behavior does not let us use the normal cascade for representing the OS colors
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and thus violates <a href="http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2008Oct/0268.html">dbaron's #2 requirement</a>. :(
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Can we do anything about that?
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Note: This behavior does not let allow <a href="http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2008Oct/0268.html">using the normal cascade</a>
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to represent the OS default selection colors.
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However it has been interoperably implemented in browsers and is thus probably a Web-compatibility requirement.
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The ''::selection'' pseudo element draws its background
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over the selected portion of the element,

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