- From: Gérard Talbot <info@gtalbot.org>
- Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2009 18:45:01 -0400 (EDT)
- To: www-style@w3.org
Hello all,
The CSS 2.1 specification, section 17.6 (and its sub-sections) should
*_clarify explicitly_* the relationship between rules="all" and
border-collapse property. I have been trying to convince IE team to
implement in their IE 8 browser this browser default rule:
table[rules]:not([rules="all"]) {border-collapse: collapse;}
rules="all" should apply to both border-collapse models and rules="all"
should not trigger one particular border-collapse model.
It is my belief that rules="all", without any specified border-collapse
CSS declaration (by default, tables use the separate border-collapse
model), should render border rules around (each) cells and this is what IE
8 fails to do and this is precisely what IE team declines to implement.
One thing IE team replied - and I fully agree with them on this point - is
that the current CSS 2.1 specification is not clear enough, not explicit
enough on the relation between HTML 4.01 rules="all" attribute
specification and border-collapse model.
Relevant bug reports and links:
Bug report at connect IE beta feedback:
https://connect.microsoft.com/IE/feedback/ViewFeedback.aspx?FeedbackID=409470
Testcase:
http://www.gtalbot.org/BrowserBugsSection/MSIE8Bugs/TableRulesAll-BCSeparate.html
Bug report at Mozilla:
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=155507
Testcase:
https://bug155507.bugzilla.mozilla.org/attachment.cgi?id=90028
best regards,
Gérard Talbot
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