[Webkit-unassigned] [Bug 17205] THEAD & TFOOT should be printed on every page

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https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17205

Ed Sanford <ed at odiconsulting.com> changed:

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--- Comment #39 from Ed Sanford <ed at odiconsulting.com> ---
+1 we need a header block that repeats across pages.  The THEAD (or css equivalent) that works in IE and mostly works in FF, is already part of the html 4 spec (and presumably inherited by html 5).  

It would be okay for other methods to work, as long as something does.  

For example: In FF I combine header {position:fixed} with an html {margin-top}, to avoid the problems with some odd/complex arrangements crashing it when using body{display:table} header{display:table-header-group} and having several actual/nested tables on the same page.  

In IE body{display:table} header{display:table-header-group} works correctly.

This stable functionality would be a good target for WebKit.  As, it already mostly works in Gecho, perhaps capping iterations or putting some other safeguard in place would make the code usable in WebKit (otherwise) as is.

As, WebKit is forked from Gecho, copying code from Gecko should not be a huge undertaking.  As the Gecko bug is for a limited set of circumstances, placing limits on execution should be sufficient for now - to prevent the Gecko bugs from emerging in WebKit.

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