The attr() function in CSS now supports types (amitmerchant.com)

How is attr() better than using a css variable?

first they came for my javascript, then my python... now css?! these type-heads need to chill.

This is cool. But I like how the FFX bug tracking this (and general attr work that morphed into this through spec) is 17 years old: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=435426

Browser bugs are so cute. Just sitting there for decades, comments accreted over time. Tasks spinning for eternity. These are truly the cicadas of bugs.

Unfortunately it's not widely available yet. [1] If it was supported by all majors browsers it would be nice for that one project I have that still generates a .html bar chart using style="height: ${height}px;".

[1] https://caniuse.com/mdn-css_types_attr_type-or-unit

I can't wait for someone to make a CSS style sheet that lets you specify all properties through HTML attributes as if CSS was never invented and we were still using good old <font size=2> just with all the styling additions since then.