<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <title>Test inheritance through various table anonymous boxes</title> <style> /** * The idea is that "color" inherits by default while "border-color" does * not. So if the former is red and the latter is green on a parent, and * the child's border-color is set to "inherit", it'll be green only if * the child is inheriting from the parent. If not, it'll either be * whatever the border-color is on what it's inheriting from, which will * be red if what it's inheriting from has the default (currentColor) * border-color). */ /* 't' for "test" */ * { color: red; border: 0px hidden red; background: transparent } .t { border-color: green } .t > :first-child { border-color: inherit; border-style: solid; border-width: 10px } </style> <script> function makeDiv() { return document.createElement("div"); } window.onload = function() { var lst = document.getElementsByClassName("d"); for (var i = 0; i < lst.length; ++i) { lst[i].appendChild(makeDiv()); } } </script> </head> <body> <table><tr><td class="t"><div></div></td></tr></table> <div style="display: table" class="t"><div></div></div> <div style="display: table-row-group" class="t"><div></div></div> <div style="display: table-row" class="t"><div></div></div> <div style="display: table-cell" class="t"><div></div></div> <div><span><div style="display: table" class="t"><div></div></div></span></div> <div><span><div style="display: table-row-group" class="t"><div></div></div></span></div> <div><span><div style="display: table-row" class="t"><div></div></div></span></div> <div><span><div style="display: table-cell" class="t"><div></div></div></span></div> <table><tr><td class="t d"></td></tr></table> <div style="display: table" class="t d"></div> <div style="display: table-row-group" class="t d"></div> <div style="display: table-row" class="t d"></div> <div style="display: table-cell" class="t d"></div> <div><span><div style="display: table" class="t d"></div></span></div> <div><span><div style="display: table-row-group" class="t d"></div></span></div> <div><span><div style="display: table-row" class="t d"></div></span></div> <div><span><div style="display: table-cell" class="t d"></div></span></div> </body> </html>