fixed text-overflow ellipsis - style of ellipsis comes from element with text-overflow ellipsis, not from the text it replaces.

Author: Tantek Çelik

css3-ui/Overview.html

@@ -55,12 +55,12 @@
    src="http://www.w3.org/Icons/w3c_home" width=72> </a>
    <h1>CSS Basic User Interface Module Level 3</h1>
 
-   <h2 class="no-num no-toc" id=longstatus-date>Editor's Draft 22 January
+   <h2 class="no-num no-toc" id=longstatus-date>Editor's Draft 23 January
     2011</h2>
 
    <dl>
     <dt>This version:</dt>
-    <!-- <dd><a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2011/ED-css3-ui-20110122">http://www.w3.org/TR/2011/ED-css3-ui-20110122</a></dd> -->
+    <!-- <dd><a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2011/ED-css3-ui-20110123">http://www.w3.org/TR/2011/ED-css3-ui-20110123</a></dd> -->
 
     <dd><a
      href="http://dev.w3.org/csswg/css3-ui/">http://dev.w3.org/csswg/css3-ui/</a>
@@ -2913,9 +2913,9 @@ <h3 id=text-overflow><span class=secno>9.2. </span> Overflow Ellipsis: the
      <td>as specified
   </table>
 
-  <p>This property specifies the behavior when text overflows its containing
-   element (e.g. has &lsquo;<code class=property>overflow</code>&rsquo; of
-   hidden) when text is prevented from wrapping (e.g. due to &lsquo;<code
+  <p>This property specifies the behavior when text overflows its element
+   (e.g. has &lsquo;<code class=property>overflow</code>&rsquo; of hidden)
+   when text is prevented from wrapping (e.g. due to &lsquo;<code
    class=css><code>white-space:nowrap</code></code>&rsquo; or a single word
    is too long to fit). Values have the following meanings:
 
@@ -2934,8 +2934,9 @@ <h3 id=text-overflow><span class=secno>9.2. </span> Overflow Ellipsis: the
     ellipsis itself to fit, then clip the rendering of the ellipsis itself.
     Implementations may substitute a more language/script-appropriate
     ellipsis character. Implementations may render three dots "..." instead
-    if the ellipsis character is unavailable. The ellipsis should be styled
-    consistent with the text being ellipsed.
+    if the ellipsis character is unavailable. The ellipsis is styled
+    according to the element with text-overflow ellipsis (rather than any
+    deeper descendants without text-overflow ellipsis).
   </dl>
 
   <h2 id=pointing-devices-and-keyboards><span class=secno>10. </span>Pointing

css3-ui/Overview.src.html

@@ -1537,15 +1537,15 @@ <h3 id="text-overflow">
     <td>as specified</td></tr>
 </tbody></table>
 
-<p>This property specifies the behavior when text overflows its containing 
+<p>This property specifies the behavior when text overflows its  
 element (e.g. has 'overflow' of hidden) when text is prevented from wrapping (e.g. due to '<code>white-space:nowrap</code>' or a single word is too long to fit). Values have the following meanings:</p>
 
 <dl>
   <dt><dfn title="text-overflow:clip"><code>clip</code></dfn></dt>
     <dd>Clip text as appropriate. Glyphs may be only partially rendered.</dd>
 
   <dt><dfn title="text-overflow:ellipsis"><code>ellipsis</code></dfn></dt>
-    <dd>Render an ellipsis character (U+2026) to represent clipped text, just before where the text would be otherwise clipped (in the direct of the flow of the text being clipped), replacing however many characters are necessary for the ellipsis to fit. If there is insufficient space for the ellipsis itself to fit, then clip the rendering of the ellipsis itself. Implementations may substitute a more language/script-appropriate ellipsis character. Implementations may render three dots "..." instead if the ellipsis character is unavailable. The ellipsis should be styled consistent with the text being ellipsed.</dd>
+    <dd>Render an ellipsis character (U+2026) to represent clipped text, just before where the text would be otherwise clipped (in the direct of the flow of the text being clipped), replacing however many characters are necessary for the ellipsis to fit. If there is insufficient space for the ellipsis itself to fit, then clip the rendering of the ellipsis itself. Implementations may substitute a more language/script-appropriate ellipsis character. Implementations may render three dots "..." instead if the ellipsis character is unavailable. The ellipsis is styled according to the element with text-overflow ellipsis (rather than any deeper descendants without text-overflow ellipsis).</dd>
 </dl>