Re: Errors parsing border property?

On Wed, 2005-07-20 at 01:06 -0400, Kravvitz wrote:
> The CSS validator currently validates to CSS2, not CSS2.1.
> 
> Note the differences:
> http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-CSS2/box.html#propdef-border
> http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/box.html#propdef-border

Ok... then the problem exist with the first validation method that is
telling that the CSS is perfect and showing "inherit" instead of
"transparent", the referrer method then correctly signals an error

> 
> Robert Marcano wrote:
> > I have found a rare error when checking my CSS.. if you go to:
> > 
> > http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/validator?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.marcanoonline.com%2Fplog%2F&usermedium=all
> > 
> > The validator will say the CSS is correct, but it is showing a different
> > property value on one line:
> > 
> > the original CSS says
> > 
> > .rm-postcomment  {.
> >   border : 1px dashed transparent;
> > }
> > 
> > the validator shows
> > 
> > .rm-postcomment  {.
> >   border : 1px dashed inherit;
> > }
> > 
> > when using the referer method to check the CSS (from my site
> > http://www.marcanoonline.com/plog/ follow the CSS link at the bottom) an
> > error is found:
> > 
> > Line: 261 Context : .rm-postcomment  
> > 
> > Invalid number : border Too many values or values are not recognized :
> > 1px dashed transparent
> > 
> > 
> > apparently the problem here is the "transparent" color value, but the
> > CSS 2.1 spec refer to the "border-top-color" property:
> > 
> > http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/box.html#propdef-border-top-color
> > 
> > and it allows transparent. I use this transparent border to leave a 1px
> > space where a non transparent border will be show when the element is in
> > hover state, and it works in Mozilla based browsers
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > ________________________________________
> > Robert Marcano
> > web: http://www.marcanoonline.com/
> > 
> > gpg --keyserver hkp://pgp.mit.edu/ --recv-key 72A0DCFD
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
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Received on Wednesday, 20 July 2005 12:21:25 UTC