Closed
Bug 5386
Opened 26 years ago
Closed 26 years ago
DOM: HTMLElement.className implementation doesn't match DOM Spec
Categories
(Core :: DOM: Core & HTML, defect, P3)
Core
DOM: Core & HTML
Tracking
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VERIFIED
INVALID
People
(Reporter: ckritzer, Assigned: vidur)
Details
For 04.21.99 build on MacOS 8.5.1, Win95, and RedHat Linux 5.2:
1) The HTML listed below will not return the string "TheClassHTMLElement"; it
will return nothing instead. If you change the object 'className' to 'class' in
the BODY tag, it will return/display the associated string. According to the DOM
Spec, the HTML 4.0 class object has been renamed to className in order to avoid
conflicts.
So what?
The DOM Spec implementation of the HTML 4.0 'class' object should be 'className',
but is not.
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>classNameBug.html</TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY className="TheClassHTMLElement">
<SCRIPT TYPE="text/javascript">
document.write(document.firstChild.firstChild.nextSibling.className);
</SCRIPT>
</BODY>
</HTML>
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Assignee | |
Updated•26 years ago
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Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 26 years ago
Resolution: --- → INVALID
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Assignee | |
Comment 1•26 years ago
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Actually, this does works as spec'd. The DOM spec does not change HTML. The
expectation is that you should still use the CLASS attribute for HTML, but
access and modify it through the DOM using the "className" property.
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Reporter | |
Updated•26 years ago
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Status: RESOLVED → VERIFIED
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Reporter | |
Comment 2•26 years ago
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Ahhhhh....okay, I get it. I was looking at this from the incorrect angle. Thank
you Vidur.
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Updated•6 years ago
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Component: DOM → DOM: Core & HTML
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