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Bug 15467 - Incorrect example in 17.3 (Columns)
Summary: Incorrect example in 17.3 (Columns)
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: CSS
Classification: Unclassified
Component: CSS Level 2 (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All Windows 3.1
: P2 normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Bert Bos
QA Contact: public-css-bugzilla
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Reported: 2012-01-08 22:37 UTC by Anton P
Modified: 2012-12-04 00:54 UTC (History)
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Description Anton P 2012-01-08 22:37:31 UTC 
Reported by Gérard Talbox.

17.3 (Columns) [http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/tables.html#columns] contains an example of style rules which implement the "rules" attribute of HTML 4 with a value of "cols":

  # col { border-style: none solid }
  # table { border-style: hidden }

However, the second style rule should set the 'border-collapse' property to 'collapse' if it is to implement HTML's "rules" attribute as claimed.  (Note that the initial value of 'border-collapse' is 'separate'.)

Observe that 17.6.2 (The collapsing border model) [http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/tables.html#collapsing-borders] says:

  # Borders for HTML's "rules" attribute can be specified this way.
Comment 1 Anton P 2012-01-08 22:39:06 UTC 
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