Closed Bug 178375 Opened 22 years ago Closed 22 years ago

Tables not inheriting color attribute from enclosing div or span

Categories

(Core :: CSS Parsing and Computation, defect)

Product:
Core
Component:
CSS Parsing and Computation
Platform:
x86
Windows 2000
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
normal

Tracking

()

Status:
VERIFIED INVALID

People

(Reporter: Rob.Jones, Assigned: dbaron)

Details

Tables do not inherit color attribute from parent node when that node is a div
or span.

The following code illustrates this.
-------START CODE
<html>
<head>
<style type="text/css" >
.Omega {
	color: #FFFF00;
    background-color: #0000FF;
    border-width: 3px;
    border-style: solid;
    border-color: red;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
START TEST
<BR>
<BR>Table with class attribute
<BR>
<table class="Omega" border="3">
    <tr>
        <td>A</td>
        <td>B</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td>C</td>
        <td>D</td>
    </tr>
</table>

<BR>Table within a div containing class attribute
<BR>
<div class="Omega">
<table border="3">
    <tr>
        <td>A</td>
        <td>B</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td>C</td>
        <td>D</td>
    </tr>
</table>
</div>

<BR>Table within a span containing class attribute
<BR>
<span class="Omega">
<table border="3">
    <tr>
        <td>A</td>
        <td>B</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td>C</td>
        <td>D</td>
    </tr>
</table>
</span>

<BR>
<BR> The CSS 2 spec states
<BR>color should be inherited (see 14.1 CSS2 Spec)
<BR>background-color should not be inherited. (see 14.2 CSS2 Spec) but should
'shine through' due to default transparency
<BR>Table borders should not be inherited (see 8.5.2 CSS2 Spec)
<BR>
<BR>So the above examples should look like

<BR>Table with class attribute
<BR>
<table class="Omega" border="3">
    <tr>
        <td>A</td>
        <td>B</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td>C</td>
        <td>D</td>
    </tr>
</table>

<BR>Table within a div containing class attribute
<BR>
<div class="Omega">
<table border="3" style="color: #FFFF00">
    <tr>
        <td>A</td>
        <td>B</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td>C</td>
        <td>D</td>
    </tr>
</table>
</div>

<BR>Table within a span containing class attribute
<BR>
<span class="Omega">
<table border="3" style="color: #FFFF00">
    <tr>
        <td>A</td>
        <td>B</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td>C</td>
        <td>D</td>
    </tr>
</table>
</span>


</body>
</html>

-------END CODE
This *should* work correctly in standards mode.  See
http://mozilla.org/docs/web-developer/quirks/  Does it?  There are some very old
bugs on variants of this issue.  See bug 1044 for references.

It would be helpful if, rather than using "------START CODE" etc., you could use
Bugzilla's attachment feature to attach the code (so that it can be viewed just
by clicking on a link).
Confirmed.
Works fine in full standards mode.
Point taken about upload attachments. Had looked for this when making
my first bug submission but didnt find it. Have now found. Appears that
you can only add attachments after creating the bug rather than on
the bug creation page itself.
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 22 years ago
Resolution: --- → INVALID
rsv
Status: RESOLVED → VERIFIED
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