VS2010, HTML 5 and CSS 3 Validation

Question

I want to switch CSS validation in VS2010 SP1 from CSS 2.1 to CSS 3.

I came across this answer:

Is it possible to change CSS Validation scheme in VS2010

What is not clear to me is how to activate CSS 3 validation. I did find that switching HTML validation to HTML 5 causes CSS to be validated as CSS 3 (after installing CSS 3 Intellisense Schema).

However, I would have thought that the HTML level and the CSS level would be orthogonal.

Am I missing something, or does the HTML validation switch truly also control the CSS validation level?

"I did find that switching HTML validation to HTML 5 causes CSS to be validated as CSS 3" I find that strange too. Does VS2010 come with HTML5 validation out of the box though? I can't remember. — BoltClock, Mar 05 '12 at 19:19
@BoldClock: I didn't do anything special to get HTML 5 validation, though I had installed SP1 before looking for that setting so not sure if it's pre-SP1 or not. — Eric J., Mar 05 '12 at 19:47

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 06 '12 at 08:29

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First, right click on the toolbar in VS2010 and enable 'Style Sheet'. Then once a CSS file is open and has focus you can change the target CSS validator from the drop down.

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answered Mar 06 '12 at 08:29

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But how can you select the CSS level for css inside a html or aspx file? – comecme Apr 23 '12 at 17:33

VS2010, HTML 5 and CSS 3 Validation

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