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      <h2><code>ic-style-src</code> - The Style Source Attribute</h2>

      <h3>Summary</h3>

      <p>The <code>ic-style-src</code> attribute binds a given HTML element's style attribute to a URL.  It does not cause any
        requests to happen by itself, but it can respond to events caused by other attributes.</p>

      <p>When Intercooler issues a request for an element with an <code>ic-style-src</code>, it will issue a <code>GET</code>
      and will replace the current element's style value with resulting text fragment.</p>

      <h3>Syntax</h3>

      <p>The value of the attribute should be a valid style attribute name, followed by a colon, then a valid relative
        path
        (e.g. <code>ic-style-src="color:/foo/bar"</code>).</p>

      <h3>Dependencies</h3>

      <p><code>ic-style-src</code> implies a mutation to any dependency on its path, and Intercooler will issue
        <code>GET</code> requests for elements that depend on that path after the <code>POST</code> completes.</p>

      <p>See <a href="/dependencies.html">Dependencies</a> for more information.</p>

      <h3>Example</h3>

      <p>Here is a simple example, using a poll interval to update:</p>

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  &lt;div ic-style-src="color:/color" ic-poll="200ms">I'm turning red!&lt;/div>
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        <script>
          (function () {
            var init = new Date().getTime() / 1000;
            $.mockjax({
              'url': '/color',
              response : function () {
                var seconds = (Math.floor((new Date().getTime() / 1000) - init) * 25) % 256;
                this.responseText = "rgb(" + seconds + ",0,0)";
              }
            });
          })();
        </script>
        <strong><div ic-style-src="color:/color" ic-poll="200ms">Help! I'm turning red!</div></strong>
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