 The Future of CSS: Construct <custom-ident> and <dashed-ident> values with ident() > Uniquely name a bunch elements in CSS in one go! Instead of assigning 100 unique names through 100 declarations, write only 1 and use ident() to construct the names. 🔗 https://brm.us/ident 3 comments
@chriskirknielsen This would not work because the function spits out idents, not strings. And even if it could be converted into a string it would most likely not be allowed for privacy reasons. (The redesigned attr() for example is rightfully prevented from being used in URLs, as one could steal user-data that way)  @bramus Figured as much, just looked like they could achieve a similar result (thought with a different output type), but the privacy and security reasons are definitely a concern. Has this data exfiltration issue basically killed all hopes of building dynamic URLs in CSS (if you know)? Which is understandable, but still a little sad. |
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@bramus Very much in support of this! I can definitely see uses for this.
Question: would this be usable for building URLs that for example use an attribute or a variable? (`background: url(ident("/files/icon/" attr(data-icon) ".svg#hue=" var(--hue, 0)))` (crappy example but I think you get the idea!)
I know it's been discussed in the past (perhaps with a new function? I don't recall), and I know that a URL is not an ident, but just feels like they share a similar goal of constructing strings.