8797 - style property is missing from XML elements and XUL elements in JS objects, but present in HTML

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 7639

(Core :: XUL, defect, P3)

Description

[Josh Gough]

Using XML and XUL elements together with html namespaced elements, I have been
unable to modify the CSS properties of either XUL or custom XML tags via
javascript because the style property is missing. Both of these marvelously obey
the css styles defined in their stylesheets, and I can even create new nodes
that obey the styles.

These are the properties that html elements show:

accessKey,attributes,childNodes,className,dir,disabled,firstChild,form,id,lang,lastChild,name,nextSibling,nodeName,nodeType,nodeValue,ownerDocument,parentNode,previousSibling,style,tabIndex,tagName,title,type,value

The xul or xml elements return this:

attributes,childNodes,firstChild,lastChild,nextSibling,nodeName,nodeType,nodeValue,ownerDocument,parentNode,previousSibling,resource,tagName

I figured that any element that used CSS should have the style property
exposed to the javascript objects.

I am using M6 built from source on Linux 2.0.36

I put a few files at http://131.96.115.58/~exv/xul/ which demonstrate
some what does work (adding elements that obey the css), and shows
these properties being printed out.

-Josh Gough

Comment 1

[Peter Linss]

XML elements should *NOT* have the style property. The style property is a
reflection of the "style" attribute which does not mean anything special in XML,
only in HTML.

Whether or not the style property should be exposed from XUL is another matter
(since it DOES have a "style" attribute), I'll let the XUL guys figure that one
out.

Comment 2

[Peter Trudelle]

assigning to evaughan as p3 for m9

Comment 3

[David Hyatt]

Dup of 7639.


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 7639 ***

Comment 4

[ckritzer (gone)]

Verified DUPLICATE of 7639 in build 1999071309 Linux6

Comment 5

[leger]

BULK MOVE: Changing component from XUL to XP Toolkit/Widgets: XUL.  XUL 
component will be deleted.