Create an attribute with CSS3

Question

For each element of class "new" I want to show a title on hover. So using jquery I do this:

$(".new").attr("title", "import the new item");

Is it possible to create this attribute via CSS? Since we can create content I thought maybe this is possible too. So I am looking for something like

.new
{
    attr(title): "import new item"; // create property via css
}

double of http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6136855/add-title-attribute-from-css — citykid, Apr 07 '13 at 17:26
No, it is not possible. CSS isn't used for DOM manipulation, just presentation. — Benjamin Gruenbaum, Apr 07 '13 at 17:27
No, this does not exist for that attribute. The styling is limited. See: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4383148/is-it-possible-to-style-a-title-and-with-css-or-js — Daniel, Apr 07 '13 at 17:27
found the duplicate some minutes after posting but since useful responses came in, voted for close instead of deleting it. — citykid, Apr 07 '13 at 17:32

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 07 '13 at 17:27

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There is a proposal to enable this kind of functionality, called Cascasing Attribute Sheets.

answered Apr 07 '13 at 17:27

P Varga

excellent answer, thx. you maybe have some really good css3 resource(s) to find such things? – citykid Apr 07 '13 at 17:30
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If only this question wasn't a duplicate, you would have gotten an up-vote for teaching me something interesting. If you post it in the original question, you got my vote – Benjamin Gruenbaum Apr 07 '13 at 17:30
@citykid it's not currently possible with CSS, indeed jQuery is your best bet. – P Varga Apr 07 '13 at 17:34
@BenjaminGruenbaum thanks, I also posted this link there. – P Varga Apr 07 '13 at 17:34

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