Yes, but actually that is what css "shortcut" was invented for in the first place, not to keep all the bulky code I pasted below and to be able to easily change the values.
What firebug does to the border property is unfortunately of no help, as you argue. Yep, if you wish to edit one side of the element border's width, you can do it in firebug by changing one of those properties. But then, if you wish to play via firebug with the overall border, it becomes really time consuming, as you have to go through the whole bulk. And this makes you go back to your source file to do any tweaks, which, unfortunately, undermines the necessity of firebug. I think earlier versions of firebug did not break down the border property in this way. Personally, I liked that better ;) On May 23, 9:12 am, "Brian L. Matthews" <[email protected]> wrote: > On 5/22/10 1:30 PM, Faminor wrote: > > > > > Good day, > > > May I ask why is it so that a style simple as (e.g.): > > > .element { > > border:1px solid #E6E6E6; > > } > > > explodes in the firebug css style tab into: > > > .element { > > border-bottom-color:#E6E6E6; > > border-bottom-style:solid; > > border-bottom-width:1px; > > border-left-color-ltr-source:physical; > > border-left-color-rtl-source:physical; > > border-left-color-value:#E6E6E6; > > border-left-style-ltr-source:physical; > > border-left-style-rtl-source:physical; > > border-left-style-value:solid; > > border-left-width-ltr-source:physical; > > border-left-width-rtl-source:physical; > > border-left-width-value:1px; > > border-right-color-ltr-source:physical; > > border-right-color-rtl-source:physical; > > border-right-color-value:#E6E6E6; > > border-right-style-ltr-source:physical; > > border-right-style-rtl-source:physical; > > border-right-style-value:solid; > > border-right-width-ltr-source:physical; > > border-right-width-rtl-source:physical; > > border-right-width-value:1px; > > border-top-color:#E6E6E6; > > border-top-style:solid; > > border-top-width:1px; > > } > > border is a shorthand property for some other properties, which are in > turn shorthand properties for other properties. At the bottom, you get > the above real properties (although I don't recognized the ones with > value physical, but I'm certainly not a CSS expert). If Firebug didn't > expand the shorthand properties, there'd be no way to modify the > individual properties, and I think it's a useful indicator of what > you're really doing with the border property. > > Brian > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Firebug" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group > athttp://groups.google.com/group/firebug?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Firebug" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/firebug?hl=en.
