[whatwg] Dynamic pseudo-classes on video/audio element to allow styling of controls

[Dimitri Glazkov]

On Sat, Apr 23, 2011 at 2:57 AM, Philip Jägenstedt <philipj at opera.com> wrote:
> On Sat, 23 Apr 2011 05:25:20 +0200, Dimitri Glazkov <dglazkov at chromium.org>
> wrote:
>
>> I wonder if it makes sense to introduce a set of pseudo-classes on the
>> video/audio elements, each reflecting a state of the media on the
>> controls (playing/paused/error/etc.)? Then, we could use just CSS to
>> style media controls (whether native or custom), and not have to
>> listen to DOM events just to tweak their appearance.
>
> With a sufficiently large set of pseudo-classes it might be possible to do
> *display* most of the interesting state, but how would you *change* the
> state without using scripts? Play/pause, seek, volume, etc...

This is not the goal of using pseudo-classes: they just provide you
with a uniform way to react to changes.

>
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> Philip Jägenstedt
> Core Developer
> Opera Software
>