117837 - XBL inherits does not work with an explicit namespace

Status: VERIFIED WORKSFORME

(Core :: XUL, defect)

Description

[Miles Elam]

Even if the "xbl" namespace is defined, "xbl:inherits" does not work in binding
content -- only "inherits" without any prefix works.  This is contrary to what
is expected when mixing different markup syntaxes such as XUL and XBL in a
single file.

Comment 1

[Miles Elam]

Attachment: XUL testcase source

Base XUL document with direct XBL linkage in "style" attribute to avoid the
extra CSS file and simplify the test case.  XBL follows...

Comment 2

[Miles Elam]

Attachment: XBL bindings for previous XUL attachment

BL bindings for previous XUL attachment.  When the "xbl:" prefix is removed
from the XUL buttons, the attribute works as normal.  With the namespace prefix
(which should be valid in this case due to inherit's association with XBL and
not XUL or the default namespace, the testcase does not inherit the attributes.

Comment 3

[Miles Elam]

Attachment: The *REAL* XUL testcase source

The *REAL* XUL testcase source.  Sorry about that David...  Choose the wrong
file to attach earlier by accident.  Unfortunately I don't have the right to
obsolete attachments(?) even though I opened this bug and attached the
offending file.  Should I open a new bug for bugzilla?

Comment 4

[Brian King [:kinger]]

Jonas, seeing as you implemented this, I thought you might like to look into it.

Comment 5

[Jonas Sicking (:sicking) No longer reading bugmail consistently]

does this still not work? the support for xbl:inherits (as opposed to just 
inherits) was checked in 2002-02-19

Comment 6

[Boris Zbarsky [:bzbarsky]]

Attachment: XUL testcase that points at the XBL

Comment 7

[Boris Zbarsky [:bzbarsky]]

Marking worksforme, since it does, with a current linux build.  :)

Comment 8

[Håkan Waara]

Yeah, and lots of things would be broken all over if this didn't work, since we
use it everywhere in our codebase.  Verified.