1571649 - Inactive CSS - display warnings when 'display:none' is used for the other rules

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(DevTools :: Inspector: Rules, enhancement, P3)

Description

[Cristian Fogel [:cfogel]]

Test Case:
data:text/html,<style>body{display:none; width:30px; height: 30px;}</style>test

Enhancement suggestion:

• have the width, height rules (and almost any other used rule) display inactive warnings;

Comment 1

[Patrick Brosset <:pbro>]

Thanks for filing.
Martin Balfanz and I discussed about this bug and agreed to close it as WONTFIX.
The reason is that the Inactive CSS feature was built to help webdevs resolve potential CSS issues with things that are common pitfalls. Adding display:none to an element is a common way to toggle it in the page. It's very likely not a mistake that the developer will try to solve.
So, greying out everything in the rule-view because an element has been hidden is not very useful for developers. In fact it might make the whole feature really annoying to people.