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Hi All,

Can anyone tell me if it's possible to accomplish the following:

a {
background:black;
}

b {
background:blue;
}

c {
background:green;
}

a,b,c {
color: white;
}


In a format such as:

a {
background:black;
color : foreground;
}

b {
background:blue;
color : foreground;
}

c {
background:green;
color : foreground;
}

foreground {
color: white;
}



TIA

~ Big Dog



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On 2008-02-03, Big Dog <bigdog (AT) traxic (DOT) com> wrote:

Hi All,

Can anyone tell me if it's possible to accomplish the following:
[...]
In a format such as:

a {
background:black;
color : foreground;
[...]
foreground {
color: white;
}

It's not possible.

Although there's nothing to stop you pre-processing your CSS with
something if you want, if you need that.

Thanks Ben!

I had a feeling that was the answer but wanted to get a definative answer
instead of spinning my wheels.

~ Big Dog

"Ben C" <spamspam (AT) spam (DOT) eggs> wrote

On 2008-02-03, Big Dog <bigdog (AT) traxic (DOT) com> wrote:
Hi All,

Can anyone tell me if it's possible to accomplish the following:
[...]
In a format such as:

a {
background:black;
color : foreground;
[...]
foreground {
color: white;
}

It's not possible.

Although there's nothing to stop you pre-processing your CSS with
something if you want, if you need that.

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Big Dog wrote:

Hi All,

Can anyone tell me if it's possible to accomplish the following:

a {
background:black;
}

b {
background:blue;
}

c {
background:green;
}

a,b,c {
color: white;
}


In a format such as:

a {
background:black;
color : foreground;
}

b {
background:blue;
color : foreground;
}

c {
background:green;
color : foreground;
}

foreground {
color: white;
}



TIA

~ Big Dog



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As far as I know no you can't. The format would be more like;

a { background-color: black;
the foreground color would be
color: white;
}

b {
background-color: blue;
color: white;
}

c {
background-color: green;
color: white;
}

and the foreground col0or would be color: white;

as in

body {
background-color: black;
color: white;
}

This would give a black background with white text. I don't know if this
is what you are looking for.

Jim Palsgrove wrote:

Big Dog wrote:
Hi All,

Can anyone tell me if it's possible to accomplish the following:

a {
background:black;
}

b {
background:blue;
}

c {
background:green;
}

a,b,c {
color: white;
}


In a format such as:

a {
background:black;
color : foreground;

OP has "foreground" as CSS "variable"

<snip>

This would give a black background with white text. I don't know if this
is what you are looking for.

As Ben said. No. CSS does not have variables. Look up the "cascade" in
Cascading StyleSheets for how the cascade can work for you.

BTW No such groups on my server alt.html.css & uiuc.org.css

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