Bug 17054 – WebKit should ignore :hover on a <FONT> element when in quirksmode

• Status: NEW
• Component: New Bugs

[Anantha Keesara]

I. Steps:
1. Go to: http://astrocentro.terra.es/terra/
2.
 a.) Hover the text of different sections under "iDESCRUBE"
 b.) Hover over the dropdown menus of "Sexo" or "Fecha de Nacimiento".

II.Issue:
issue 1) Notice that the text gets bold on mouseover 
issue 2) Hover the dropdowns and notice their shifting from the original position

III. Other browsers
FF, IE: Rollover effect is not shown in IE and FF as the website is written in Quirks mode.
Safari, Opera: Safari shows the rollover in both quirks and standards mode.

IV. Expected: Safari should not show the rollover effect in quirks mode. It looks like other browsers ignore :hover on a <FONT> element when in quirksmode.  WebKit should probably do the same.

IV. Webkit Nightly tested: r29807

[Anantha Keesara]

Created attachment 18748 [details]
Reduction in standards mode

[Anantha Keesara]

Created attachment 18749 [details]
Reduction for case2  in standards mode

[Anantha Keesara]

Created attachment 18750 [details]
Reduction for case1 in quirks mode

[Anantha Keesara]

Created attachment 18751 [details]
Reduction for case2 in quirks mode

[Dave Hyatt]

I do not believe that we should fix this bug.  We do have a quirk, but only for fully unqualified :hover.  In this case the hover is explicitly tied to a class and that class is set on the element.  I do not think we should extend the hover quirk further.