119513 - css inherit property appears not to default ( for cascaded styles)

Status: RESOLVED INVALID

(Core :: CSS Parsing and Computation, defect)

Description

[rvj]

The css2 spec seems to indicate that inherit is the default property for most 
containers.  However it seems that it is actually necessary to explicitly code 
this for each property you wish to inherit.

Not only that it is necessary to explictly have to include inherit style rules 
for every intermediate container back to the root container

In other words it is necessary to create class reference for intermediate 
containers. i.e. is a reference to class='midddle' required?

Is this a bug ?


Two test cases are attached. The first works but is very verbose because   
inherits rules are explictly defined. 

The second does not but is what I would expect should work if parent container 
properties are inherited implicitly

Comment 1

[rvj]

Attachment: explicit coding of inherit for property settings

Comment 2

[David Baron :dbaron: (⌚️UTC-5, no longer working on Mozilla)]

Inheriting is the default for some properties, but not many of the ones you use,
such as 'position' and 'background-color'.  I think you might also be
misunderstanding some of the CSS spec.

Comment 3

[rvj]

Attachment: style code expected if inherits assumed as default from parent

Comment 4

[rvj]

wow that was fast ...........




but please note that even width, height and display are not inherited in the 
test example even though the css2 spec seems to underline them as default.


should nt these properties be inherited??

Comment 5

[David Baron :dbaron: (⌚️UTC-5, no longer working on Mozilla)]

no.  They say "Inherited: no" in the spec.

Comment 6

[rvj]

many thanks

I had misunderstood the meaning of the underline in the spec