[css-pseudo] [css-content] add new type of content that clones the text within the node
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Description
I suggest a new keyword to be added to the content property which duplicates the textContent DOM property, instead of developers having to define the same text twice, when a pseudo-element is needed to have the same text content as its node.
I suggest to name it text. I was considering contents but it might imply it will use innerHTML as content, instead of the textContent property.
<p class='foo'>Hello world</p>
.foo {
position: relative;
}
.foo {
content: text; /* same as manually typing "Hello world" */
position: absolute;
z-index: -1;
}
Such use-uses are very common, to achieve visual effects and what not, for example:
https://jsbin.com/livamiwadu/edit?html,css,output
where the text has an outer glow using a filter property, but the text itself is still crisp.
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Research direction
Start by reviewing the linked MDN documentation for the CSS content property and the issue's examples of pseudo-element text duplication. Determine whether a text keyword matching the node's textContent is appropriate, then document the agreed syntax and behavior in the relevant CSSWG draft.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- css
- Domain
- frontend, web-dev
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 30/100