219903 - -moz-initial value reads back as initial

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Core :: CSS Parsing and Computation, defect, P2)

Description

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If you set (e.g.) style="font-size: -moz-initial;" on an element the style reads
back as "font-size: initial;" so if you try to concatenate a style the setting
is lost completely as Mozilla does not understand a setting of "initial". This
also affects the style property of HTML elements e.g. a setting of
document.body.style.fontSize = "-moz-initial"; reads back as "initial".

Comment 1

[David Baron :dbaron: (⌚️UTC-4, no longer working on Mozilla)]

There's another bug on this, somewhere.  I think the 'initial' proposal is
stable enough that we should just change everything to 'initial'.  The problem
is that we have 'initial' in some places and '-moz-initial' in others.

Comment 2

[Hixie (not reading bugmail)]

I wouldn't object to just using 'initial' everywhere. Aspects of the proposal,
or related proposals, are still in flux, though (e.g. the recent 'default'
discussion) so I'm not sure exactly _how_ stable 'initial' is.

Comment 3

[David Baron :dbaron: (⌚️UTC-4, no longer working on Mozilla)]

Attachment: patch

Comment 4

[Boris Zbarsky [:bzbarsky]]

Comment on attachment 167875 [details] [diff] [review]
patch

r+sr=bzbarsky

Comment 5

[David Baron :dbaron: (⌚️UTC-4, no longer working on Mozilla)]

Fix checked in to trunk, 2004-12-04 14:10 -0800.