Difference between revisions of "Virtual Elements"
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| + | | Select menu dropdown | ||
| + | | HtmlDropdownElement.Priority | ||
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| + | | Select menu down arrow | ||
| + | | HtmlSelectButtonElement.Priority | ||
| + | | It's a virtual <selectbutton> element (style it by selecting that). | ||
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Revision as of 23:24, 3 April 2017
Virtual elements are created whenever CSS requires an element to be rendered but must not pollute the DOM. Importantly, virtual elements are ordered. For example, the virtual element created by ::after shows up after the 'real' element has been drawn. PowerUI handles this by storing all virtual elements in a SortedDictionary, indexed by a priority value. It's unique and constant for any given type of virtual element.
Accessing virtual elements
There's a web API for doing this - specifically the element.getComputedStyle("after") method, which is supported. The set itself is:
// Get the virtuals set for 'element' (A HtmlElement):
Css.VirtualElements virtuals=element.Style.Computed.Virtuals;Note that it's null if there aren't any.
The priority value
You'll notice that the virtuals set uses those arbitrary priority values. In order to obtain a particular virtual element, you'll need to know what its priority is - fortunately, they're constant for any given type of element:
| Virtual Element | Priority (C# const) | See Also |
|---|---|---|
| Horizontal scrollbar | ComputedStyle.HorizontalScrollPriority | Styling scrollbars |
| Vertical scrollbar | ComputedStyle.VerticalScrollPriority | Styling scrollbars |
| Textarea/ input field caret | HtmlCaretElement.Priority | Styling the caret |
| Select menu dropdown | HtmlDropdownElement.Priority | It's a virtual <dropdown> element (style it by selecting that). |
| Select menu down arrow | HtmlSelectButtonElement.Priority | It's a virtual <selectbutton> element (style it by selecting that). |
| ::before | BeforeSelector.Priority | |
| ::after | AfterSelector.Priority | |
| ::marker | MarkerSelector.Priority |
What can I do with them?
They're completely ordinary elements which act exactly the same as a child of the element they're on. Essentially, you can do whatever you can normally do to elements to them too (The element itself is accessed from ComputedStyle.Element).
