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title="NEW - Parsing of <body link vlink alink> is not per spec"
href="https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=156849">156849</a>
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<th>Summary</th>
<td>Parsing of <body link vlink alink> is not per spec
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<th>Classification</th>
<td>Unclassified
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<th>Product</th>
<td>WebKit
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<th>Version</th>
<td>WebKit Nightly Build
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<th>Hardware</th>
<td>Unspecified
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<th>OS</th>
<td>Unspecified
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<th>Status</th>
<td>NEW
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<th>Severity</th>
<td>Normal
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<th>Priority</th>
<td>P2
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<th>Component</th>
<td>HTML DOM
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<th>Assignee</th>
<td>webkit-unassigned@lists.webkit.org
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<th>Reporter</th>
<td>zcorpan@gmail.com
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<pre>(Same issue for Chromium: <a href="https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=605534">https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=605534</a> )
<a href="https://github.com/WebKit/webkit/blob/66e68cd8d7bf4ea1cf52f31ed9cb242f83ea5b57/Source/WebCore/html/HTMLBodyElement.cpp#L159">https://github.com/WebKit/webkit/blob/66e68cd8d7bf4ea1cf52f31ed9cb242f83ea5b57/Source/WebCore/html/HTMLBodyElement.cpp#L159</a>
This code does not match the requirements in the HTML spec:
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When a body element has a bgcolor attribute set, the new value is expected to be parsed using the rules for parsing a legacy colour value, and if that does not return an error, the user agent is expected to treat the attribute as a presentational hint setting the element's 'background-color' property to the resulting colour.
When a body element has a text attribute, its value is expected to be parsed using the rules for parsing a legacy colour value, and if that does not return an error, the user agent is expected to treat the attribute as a presentational hint setting the element's 'color' property to the resulting colour.
When a body element has a link attribute, its value is expected to be parsed using the rules for parsing a legacy colour value, and if that does not return an error, the user agent is expected to treat the attribute as a presentational hint setting the 'color' property of any element in the Document matching the :link pseudo-class to the resulting colour.
When a body element has a vlink attribute, its value is expected to be parsed using the rules for parsing a legacy colour value, and if that does not return an error, the user agent is expected to treat the attribute as a presentational hint setting the 'color' property of any element in the Document matching the :visited pseudo-class to the resulting colour.
When a body element has an alink attribute, its value is expected to be parsed using the rules for parsing a legacy colour value, and if that does not return an error, the user agent is expected to treat the attribute as a presentational hint setting the 'color' property of any element in the Document matching the :active pseudo-class and either the :link pseudo-class or the :visited pseudo-class to the resulting colour.
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<a href="https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/rendering.html#the-page">https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/rendering.html#the-page</a>
It seems we use the correct rules for bgcolor (on various elements, and <font color>, <table bordercolor>, <hr color>) and text but not the link/vlink/alink attributes on body. This should also not be conditional on quirks mode. Gecko matches the spec AFAICT.
Simple tests:
<!doctype html>
<body bgcolor="00ff0x">This should have a green background.
<a href="http://software.hixie.ch/utilities/js/live-dom-viewer/saved/4091">http://software.hixie.ch/utilities/js/live-dom-viewer/saved/4091</a> bgcolor
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<!doctype html>
<body link="00800x"><a href=javascript:>This text should be green.
<a href="http://software.hixie.ch/utilities/js/live-dom-viewer/saved/4092">http://software.hixie.ch/utilities/js/live-dom-viewer/saved/4092</a> link (standards mode)
---
<!doctype html>
<body link="00800x"><a href=javascript:>This text should be green.
<a href="http://software.hixie.ch/utilities/js/live-dom-viewer/saved/4093">http://software.hixie.ch/utilities/js/live-dom-viewer/saved/4093</a> link (quirks mode)
---
<body link="008000"><a href=javascript:>This text should be green.
<a href="http://software.hixie.ch/utilities/js/live-dom-viewer/saved/4094">http://software.hixie.ch/utilities/js/live-dom-viewer/saved/4094</a> link (quirks mode, using a value we successfully parse today)</pre>
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