Even though CSS3 specs are still in development process, there are already some drafts proposed by W3C regarding CSS4.
Here is an overview of what the future is bringing to us.
Until now, it was impossible to select the parent selector of a given element. CSS4 should provide the possibility to target the parent of any given element without having to rely on pure JavaScript or external libraries like J-Query.
From a designer perspective, one issue that has to be faced is the difference between touch input devices and standard user input devices. One of the differences is the fact that touch devices cannot react to a hover state. For instance when we have a menu that expands on the hover state of the mouse pointer, we won’t be able to have the same interaction on smartphones. The new specification aims at allowing to query for an ‘hover’ capability instead of querying for specific devices and this avoid an endless list of media queries to target all of the devices. This feature would allow tackling design differences in a more structured and easier way.
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