CSS Style Attribute Specificity Tests

Tests

In all cases, the prerequisite tests must have green (text/fill) to pass, and the color of the (text/fill) in the specificity test corresponds to the colors below.

SVG: Prerequisite test #1, Prerequisite test #2, Style attribute specificity test
HTML, No DTD: Prerequisite test #1, Prerequisite test #2, Style attribute specificity test
HTML, 4.01 Strict DTD: Prerequisite test #1, Prerequisite test #2, Style attribute specificity test
XHTML: Prerequisite test #1, Prerequisite test #2, Style attribute specificity test

Results

Key:

I	Specificity of ID selector
H	Higher specificity than ID selector
F	Failed prerequisite test (displayed document but not style)
X	Does not apply

Implementation (listed in the order I tested them)	SVG	HTML NoDTD	HTML Strict DTD	XHTML
Mozilla	X	H	H	H
Windows IE 5.0, 6.0	X	H	H	X
Opera 5.0(Linux), 3.62(Windows)	X	H	H	X
Konqueror 2.1.1	X	H	H	H
Netscape 4.x (tested on Linux)	X	F	F	X
CSIRO SVG Viewer 20001211	H	X	X	X
Jackaroo 0.8	H	X	X	X
Batik 1.0	H	X	X	X
X-Smiles	H	X	X	X
Adobe SVG Viewer 2.0, 3.0beta	I	X	X	X
IBM SVGView v0.4a 04/18/2000	F	X	X	X
JASC webdraw svg editor	F	X	X	X
Macromedia Dreamweaver 4.0	X	I	I	F
Amaya 5.1 (Linux)	H	H	H	H

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LDB, dbaron@dbaron.org, 2001-09-17