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Bug 15082 - rp should always represent nothing
Summary: rp should always represent nothing
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: WHATWG
Classification: Unclassified
Component: HTML (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: Other other
: P3 normal
Target Milestone: Unsorted
Assignee: Ian 'Hixie' Hickson
QA Contact: contributor
URL: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/...
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Reported: 2011-12-06 15:03 UTC by contributor
Modified: 2012-07-18 18:39 UTC (History)
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Description contributor 2011-12-06 15:03:23 UTC
Specification: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/multipage/text-level-semantics.html
Multipage: http://www.whatwg.org/C#the-rp-element
Complete: http://www.whatwg.org/c#the-rp-element

Comment:
rp should always represent nothing

Posted from: 114.43.125.198 by kennyluck@csail.mit.edu
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Comment 1 Kang-Hao (Kenny) Lu 2011-12-06 15:11:50 UTC
Some data:

IE9 doesn't display standalone <rp> produced by document.body.appendChild(document.createElement('rp')) (The markup <!DOCTYPE html><rp>test</rp> won't generate an <rp> element so there's probably also parsing inconsistency, but that's another issue) but window.getComputedStyle(document.querySelector('rp')).display always gives 'inline' no matter it's in a <ruby> or not.

WebKit is following the spec here.

I am just curious about why is 'ruby > rp { display: none;}' better than 'rp { display: none;}'.
Comment 2 Ian 'Hixie' Hickson 2011-12-07 23:51:05 UTC
I didn't want people abusing <rp> to hide stuff.
Comment 3 Ian 'Hixie' Hickson 2011-12-09 22:22:29 UTC
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Status: Rejected
Change Description: no spec change
Rationale: see comment 2