4515 2007-05-01 03:58:58 +0000 CSS Validator doesn't accept text-shadow 2007-08-11 18:48:54 +0000 1 1 1 Unclassified CSSValidator CSS 2.0 CSS Validator Macintosh MacOS X RESOLVED INVALID http://www.chanfair.com/ P2 normal --- 1 twhall dave.null www-validator-cvs oldest_to_newest 14951 0 twhall 2007-05-01 03:58:58 +0000 The validator reports: Value Error : text-shadow Property text-shadow doesn't exist : 0 0 3px #000000 I have tried using the keyword black instead of the hexcode #000000. I have tried putting the color before the lengths. I have tried omitting the color. Finally, I tried specifying only the offsets, with neither a color nor a blur radius. The validator always reports the same error. The error report links "text-shadow" to the applicable section of the CSS2 specification. The rejected value seems to conform to the examples in the specification. 14952 1 ot 2007-05-01 12:10:43 +0000 http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/validator?text=p+%7Btext-shadow%3A+0+0+3px+%23000000%3B%7D%0D%0A%0D%0A&usermedium=all&warning=1&profile=css2&usermedium=all The validator uses CSS2.1 as a default profile, and CSS2.1 does not include text-shadow (for lack of implementation). If you wish to validate against the CSS2 profile, use the options - but you are rather encouraged to validate against CSS2.1, which is closer to the current state of implementations of CSS on the Web. 16125 2 jrowens.w3 2007-08-11 18:48:54 +0000 (In reply to comment #1) > The validator uses CSS2.1 as a default profile, and CSS2.1 does not include > text-shadow (for lack of implementation). If you wish to validate against the > CSS2 profile, use the options - but you are rather encouraged to validate > against CSS2.1, which is closer to the current state of implementations of CSS > on the Web. > Could it at least be fixed so that where it links to "text-shadow" in the error text, it doesn't link to the CSS2 page on it, which makes it look perfectly legitimate? Even when I validate against CSS2.1 specifically, it still links to the CSS2 text-shadow property. (Oddly, when I validate as CSS3, it accepts text-shadow.) Perhaps there's a page explaining why text-shadow was dropped that could be linked to instead?