RE: background-color not validating when it should

Regardless of value (provided it is valid), the code is correct per the CSS
specifications therefore a warning should not be issued. Anyone else want to
chime in on this issue?

Thanks,
Robert Mullaney
Easy Business Services
Phone: 239-242-6691 x 22
 

-----Original Message-----
From: David Dorward,,, [mailto:david@us-lot.org] On Behalf Of David Dorward
Sent: Sunday, November 19, 2006 5:41 AM
To: Robert Mullaney
Cc: www-validator-css@w3.org
Subject: Re: background-color not validating when it should

On Sat, Nov 18, 2006 at 08:50:14AM -0500, Robert Mullaney wrote:
> I realize it is a warning and not an error. Since it is perfectly valid
code
> according to the specification, why even raise the warning? 

Since, despite being valid, it can cause problems, and the CSS
validator also provides a few linting functions.

> Especially when it's a warning saying "background-color not
> specified" when it has been.

Transparent is not a colour, it is the explicit absence of one.

-- 
David Dorward                                      http://dorward.me.uk

Received on Sunday, 19 November 2006 15:15:18 UTC