[Bug 19277] Relationship and precedence of hidden="" and display:none should be clarified/defined

https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=19277

--- Comment #26 from James Craig <jcraig@apple.com> ---
(In reply to Leif Halvard Silli from comment #25)

> Per HTML5 it is already an authoring error to make an element with the
> @hidden attribute visible. Citing the NOTE i HTML51: 
> 
> “Authors therefore have to take care when writing their style sheets to make
> sure that the attribute is still styled as expected.”

That's a note, not a normative statement. To the author "as expected" could
mean, "I do expect it to be visible even though it's marked as hidden." The PF
members were asking for this to throw an error or warning even if that's what
the author expected/intended.

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