Unobstrusive pseudo-classes and attribute selectors emulation in IE
- by Álvaro G. Vicario
I'm trying to emulate some pseudo-classes and attribute selectors in Internet Explorer 6 and 7, such as :focus, :hover or [type=text]. So far, I've managed to add a class name to the affected elements:
$("input, textarea, select")
.hover(function(){
$(this).addClass("hover");
}, function(){
$(this).removeClass("hover");
})
.focus(function(){
$(this).addClass("focus");
})
.blur(function(){
$(this).removeClass("focus");
});
$("input[type=text]").each(function(){
$(this).addClass("text");
});
However, I'm still forced to duplicate selector in my style sheets:
textarea:focus, textarea.focus{
}
And, to make things worse, IE6 seems to ignore all the selectors when it finds an attribute:
input[type=text], input.text{
/* IE6 ignores this */
}
And, of course, IE6 ignores selectors with multiple classes:
input.text.focus{
/* IE6 ignores this */
}
So I'm likely to end up with this mess:
input[type=text]{
/* Rules here */
}
input.text{
/* Same rules again */
}
input[type=text]:focus{
}
input.text_and_focus{
}
input.text_and_hover{
}
input.text_and_focus_and_hover{
}
My question: is there any way to read the rules or computed style defined for a CSS selector and apply it to certain elements, so I only need to maintain one set of standard CSS?
