Need help with 'size' error in validator

[Rhino]

I am getting an error from the CSS validator that I don't understand. Here
is the relevant fragment of my CSS:

BODY {
size: 8.5in 11in;
color : #000000;
background-color : #ffffff;
background-repeat : repeat;
text-align : center;
font-family : "Frutiger Linotype", Trebuchet, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica,
sans-serif;
font-size : 90%;
margin : 2%;
}

And here is the error:

Line: 12 Context : BODY
Invalid number: size Property doesn't exist: 8.5in 11in

My use of the 'size' property exactly matches the example shown in the
Blooberry reference at
http://www.blooberry.com/indexdot/cs...print/size.htm so I don't
see why this won't work in my CSS.

Can anyone enlighten me on why my CSS doesn't satisfy the validator and what
I need to do to make the validator happy, short of removing the size
parameter altogether?

--
Rhino

[David Dorward]

Rhino wrote:

BODY {
size: 8.5in 11in; My use of the 'size' property exactly matches the example shown in the
Blooberry

Try the official specification:

http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS2/page.html#propdef-size

Which shows that it applies to the page context.

@page {
size: 8.5in 11in; /* width height */
}

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[Spartanicus]

"Rhino" <no***********************@nospam.com> wrote:

Line: 12 Context : BODY
Invalid number: size Property doesn't exist: 8.5in 11in
The property has been removed in CSS2.1, I assume due to lack of
implementations. Using it seems therefore futile.
Can anyone enlighten me on why my CSS doesn't satisfy the validator

Have you selected the CSS2.1 profile in the advanced options?

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[Rhino]

"David Dorward" <do*****@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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Rhino wrote:

BODY {
size: 8.5in 11in;

My use of the 'size' property exactly matches the example shown in the
Blooberry

Try the official specification:

http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS2/page.html#propdef-size

Which shows that it applies to the page context.

@page {
size: 8.5in 11in; /* width height */
}

There's a typo in the official spec; it omits the colon after 'size' in its
example:

---
@page { size 8.5in 11in; margin: 2cm }
---

Is it worth notifying the Powers That Be about this typo, even if the
average reader will figure this out for himself pretty quickly? If the typo
is worth reporting, what are the appropriate channels for that?
Rhino

[David Dorward]

Rhino wrote:

Is it worth notifying the Powers That Be about this typo

The CSS working group is developing CSS 2.1. When features common to
CSS2 and CSS 2.1 are defined differently, please consider the
definition in CSS 2.1 as errata for CSS2. While CSS 2.1 is still a
Working Draft, the errata are to be considered proposed errata.

-- http://www.w3.org/Style/css2-updates...12-errata.html

And that section seems to have been rewritten in the draft of 2.1, with that
example removed entirely.

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[Johannes Koch]

Rhino wrote:

There's a typo in the official spec; it omits the colon after 'size' in its
example:

What do you consider "the official spec"? In
<http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS2/page.html#propdef-size>, I can't find the
typo you mention.

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Johannes Koch
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(Thomas Tallis, 40-part motet)

[Rhino]

"Johannes Koch" <ko**@w3development.de> wrote in message
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Rhino wrote:

There's a typo in the official spec; it omits the colon after 'size' in
its example:

What do you consider "the official spec"? In
<http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS2/page.html#propdef-size>, I can't find the typo
you mention.

It's very close to the end of section 13.2 and just before section 13.2.1.

Rhino

[Rhino]

"David Dorward" <do*****@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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Rhino wrote:

Is it worth notifying the Powers That Be about this typo

The CSS working group is developing CSS 2.1. When features common to
CSS2 and CSS 2.1 are defined differently, please consider the
definition in CSS 2.1 as errata for CSS2. While CSS 2.1 is still a
Working Draft, the errata are to be considered proposed errata.

-- http://www.w3.org/Style/css2-updates...12-errata.html

And that section seems to have been rewritten in the draft of 2.1, with
that
example removed entirely.

I'm not quite sure why you say that example has been removed completely; I
suspect that you are not looking at the same thing I am. I was referring to
the example at the end of section 13.2, just before the 13.2.1 section. And
according to the errata you've cited, someone has already noted the error I
mentioned. So my question about notifying the authors of the document
appears to be moot.

Rhino

[Johannes Koch]

> "David Dorward" <do*****@yahoo.com> wrote in message

news:dp*******************@news.demon.co.uk...

The CSS working group is developing CSS 2.1. When features common to
CSS2 and CSS 2.1 are defined differently, please consider the
definition in CSS 2.1 as errata for CSS2. While CSS 2.1 is still a
Working Draft, the errata are to be considered proposed errata.

-- http://www.w3.org/Style/css2-updates...12-errata.html

And that section seems to have been rewritten in the draft of 2.1, with
that
example removed entirely.

Rhino wrote: I'm not quite sure why you say that example has been removed completely;

I think David was talking about CSS version 2.1, not CSS version 2. In
CSS 2.1, there is no size property, so there is no need for an example
using this property.
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