Text-shadow/decoration errors

Text-shadow/text-decoration

On perusing the section of the spec relating to text shadows, I was
perplexed to find this statement:

Inherited:  
no (see prose)

So I read the prose, re-read it and read it once more. I could find
neither hide nor hair of any reference to inheritance.

The omitted prose would say something like (amended from text-decoration):

This property is not inherited, but inline descendants of the element
should be formatted with the same decoration (e.g., they should all be
shadowed). The shadow should remain the same even if descendant elements
have different 'color' values. However, shadows are positioned relative to
the descendant rather than the ancestor.

There is also is a bizarre difference in text-decoration:

<blockquote
cite="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-CSS2/text.html#lining-striking-props">
If the property is specified for a block-level element, it affects all
inline-level descendants of the element. If it is specified for (or
affects) an inline-level element, it affects all boxes generated by the
element. 

...

This property is not inherited, but descendant boxes of a block box should
be formatted with the same decoration (e.g., they should all be
underlined). The color of decorations should remain the same even if
descendant elements have different 'color' values.
</blockquote>

The second statement is entirely inconsistent with the first - it implies
that <P style="text-decoration: underline; color: red"><span style="color:
green">Underlined</span></P>
has red underline, whereas

<SPAN style="text-decoration: underline; color: red"><span style="color:
green">Underlined</span></SPAN> has green underline (since the second
statement only refers to block boxes).

To be correct, the statement should say:

This property is not inherited, but inline descendants should be formatted
with the same decoration (e.g., they should all be underlined). The color
of decorations should remain the same even if descendant elements have
different 'color' values.


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From Matthew Brealey (http://members.tripod.co.uk/lawnet (for law)or http://members.tripod.co.uk/lawnet/WEBFRAME.HTM (for CSS))
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Received on Tuesday, 18 January 2000 07:52:08 UTC