55668 - CLASS attribute value not case-insensitive

Status: VERIFIED INVALID

(Core :: DOM: HTML Parser, defect, P3)

Description

[Boris Zbarsky [:bzbarsky]]

Build ID: 2000100706 and previous; M18

I have the following style definition:

.toolbar { color: #006; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica,
Geneva, Swiss, SunSans-Regular; text-decoration: none }

followed by the following HTML:

<A HREF="/rsiauth/cgi-bin/home.pl" CLASS="TOOLBAR">Home</A>

Expected Result: The string "Home" appears with no underline and in a different
font from the rest of the page.

Actual Result: "Home" looks just like all the other links

Caveat:  If I change the anchor to CLASS="toolbar" then everything works.  I was
under the impression that the CLASS attribute is case-insensitive.

Comment 1

[Boris Zbarsky [:bzbarsky]]

Hmm.  After some more rooting around the specs, it seems that it's
case-sensitive after all.  I got confused by Netscape 4.x treating it in a
case-insensitive manner.....

Comment 2

[Scott Brodmerkle]

Verified invalid. Details on the CLASS attribute can be found at
http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/struct/global.html.