370557 - Borders not drawn in a logical manner

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[Thomas Winwood]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.1) Gecko/20061204 Firefox/2.0.0.1
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.1) Gecko/20061204 Firefox/2.0.0.1

If the four borders of a box are given different colours the overlaps between them are not coherent - the bottom border is overlapped by both the right border, which spans the full right-hand side of the box, and the left border. The ideal rendering would be that each border receives two pixels, although whether these would go "clockwise" (each border covers the corner to its immediate right) or "anticlockwise" is uncertain and subject to debate.

The fact that the CSS spec does not explicitly define border priority does not help.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Look at the test case provided.
2. Compare to the ideal rendering on the website.
Actual Results:  
"Iffy" rendering as given on the website.

Expected Results:  
Ideal rendering as given on the website.

Comment 1

[Thomas Winwood]

Attachment: Test case using the CSS from the website

Comment 2

[Jesse Ruderman]

See also bug 343583, bug 328241.

Comment 3

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

This bug was reported on Firefox 2.x or older, which is no longer supported and will not be receiving any more updates. I strongly suggest that you update to Firefox 3.6.3 or later, update your plugins (flash, adobe, etc.), and retest in a new profile. If you still see the issue with the updated Firefox, please post here. Otherwise, please close as RESOLVED > WORKSFORME
http://www.mozilla.com
http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Managing+profiles
http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Safe+mode

Comment 4

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

No reply, INCOMPLETE. Please retest with Firefox 3.6.x or later and a new profile (http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Managing+profiles). If you continue to see this issue with the newest firefox and a new profile, then please comment on this bug.