Re: [css3-multicol] 1) multicol-rule-inset-000 and multicol-rule-outset-000; 2) multicol-span-000

Also sprach "Gérard Talbot":

 > 1)
 > 
 > http://test.csswg.org/source/contributors/howcome/submitted/multicol-rule-inset-000.xht
 > 
 > http://test.csswg.org/source/contributors/howcome/submitted/multicol-rule-outset-000.xht
 > 
 > These 2 tests "fail" in Opera 12.16 only because the <div> acting as
 > references are failed like these demonstrate:
 > http://test.csswg.org/suites/css2.1/nightly-unstable/html4/border-style-inset-002.htm
 > http://test.csswg.org/suites/css2.1/nightly-unstable/html4/border-style-outset-002.htm
 > 
 > In all fairness, column-rule-style inset and outset are correctly
 > implemented in Opera 12.16. So, these "failures" are false negatives.
 >
 > Proposed replacements
 > ---------------------
 > 
 > [test]
 > http://www.gtalbot.org/BrowserBugsSection/CSS3Multi-Columns/howcome/multicol-rule-inset-000-GT.xht
 > 
 > [reftest]
 > http://www.gtalbot.org/BrowserBugsSection/CSS3Multi-Columns/howcome/multicol-rule-ridge-000-GT-ref.xht
 > 
 > [test]
 > http://www.gtalbot.org/BrowserBugsSection/CSS3Multi-Columns/howcome/multicol-rule-outset-000-GT.xht
 > 
 > [reftest]
 > http://www.gtalbot.org/BrowserBugsSection/CSS3Multi-Columns/howcome/multicol-rule-groove-000-GT-ref.xht

Good!

(One could argue that "horizontal bars" are confusing as the green bars are vertical. But I don't have a better proposal.)

 > 2)
 > 
 > http://test.csswg.org/source/contributors/howcome/submitted/multicol-span-000.xht
 > 
 > If the reference div has a multi-column element, chances are increased
 > that some UAs will pass the test while not supporting multi-column
 > layout. Here, this is the case with Firefox 23. 

Yes, I'm aware of this. Still, one could never pass the whole test suite so I don't it leaves any loopholes. 

 > So, I added a 2nd test
 > and a non-multi-column reference in/as this proposed replacement:
 > 
 > Proposed replacement
 > --------------------
 > 
 > http://www.gtalbot.org/BrowserBugsSection/CSS3Multi-Columns/howcome/multicol-span-000-GT.xht
 > 
 > http://www.gtalbot.org/BrowserBugsSection/CSS3Multi-Columns/howcome/multicol-span-000-GT-ref.xht

ok.

-h&kon
              Håkon Wium Lie                          CTO °þe®ª
howcome@opera.com                  http://people.opera.com/howcome

Received on Friday, 30 August 2013 20:16:31 UTC