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Bug 14420 - 'inherit' keyword incorrectly resolves to the specified value of parent
Summary: 'inherit' keyword incorrectly resolves to the specified value of parent
Status: ASSIGNED
Alias: None
Product: CSS
Classification: Unclassified
Component: CSS Level 2 (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: PC Linux
: P2 normal
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Assignee: Bert Bos
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Reported: 2011-10-11 02:04 UTC by Tab Atkins Jr.
Modified: 2012-06-16 10:41 UTC (History)
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Description Tab Atkins Jr. 2011-10-11 02:04:22 UTC 
Per Gerard's email at http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2011May/0402.html, if the cascaded value of a property is 'inherit', the *specified* value should be the *computed* value of the element's parent.  Currently, 2.1 says it should be the specified value of the parent.  (Previously, it said the computed value of the property should be the computed value of the parent, which is also wrong.)

Discussion started at <http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2011Jan/0075.html>, where Anton points out that the older definition (computed = computed of parent) was wrong.
Comment 1 Anton P 2012-06-16 10:40:30 UTC 
The WG resolved to accept the idea expressed in the proposal: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2011Oct/0482.html
Comment 2 Anton P 2012-06-16 10:41:29 UTC 
Specific wording for the required changes to 6.1.1 and 6.2.1 are given in the errata doc: http://www.w3.org/Style/css2-updates/REC-CSS2-20110607-errata.html