Alternative Stylesheets Cascading Acid Test

If you have any comments to make regarding this test, e-mail ian@hixie.ch.

Prerequisites
Browsers that are subjected to this test should support the CSS color properties, grouping CSS selectors (a, b, c { }), the HTML LINK element method of importing stylesheets, the @import rule, alternative stylesheets, and the display property (well, at least it's none value).

WARNING!!! This page links to a wacking great big 53 stylesheets!!! Please let it load completely before trying to do anything!!! (If your browser does not cache stylesheets that are imported from multiple locations, this page can actually result in you downloading 555 stylesheets!)

Note. This is also test 49 of the ImportTest.

1. The Test

Currently selected alternative stylesheet:

Alt 1
Alt 2
Alt 3
Alt 4 (split into three parts)
Alt 5
Alt 6
Alt 7
Alt 8
Alt 9
Alt 10 (Default)
Alt 11
Alt 12
Alt 13
Alt 14
Alt 15
Alt 16
Alt 17 (split into two parts)
Alt 18
Alt 19
Alt 20
Alt 21
Alt 22

When you switch alternative stylesheets, the list above should reflect the change (only one item should be visible, that of the selected alternate stylesheet set).

In the following list, every item should be green. However often you switch stylesheets, they should still be green. Green, green, green. All of them. Red is a sign of a disaster.

  1. Should be green - Persistent Stylesheet.
  2. Should be green - Persistent Stylesheet.
  3. Should be green - Linked from every alternative stylesheet.
  4. Should be green - Linked from every alternative stylesheet.
  5. Should be green - Linked from every alternative stylesheet.
  6. Should be green - Linked from every alternative stylesheet.
  7. Should be green - Linked from every alternative stylesheet.
  8. Should be green - Linked from every alternative stylesheet.
  9. Should be green - Linked from every alternative stylesheet.
  10. Should be green - Linked from every alternative stylesheet.
  11. Should be green - Linked from every alternative stylesheet.
  12. Should be green - Linked from every alternative stylesheet.
  13. Should be green - Linked from every alternative stylesheet.
  14. Should be green - Linked from every alternative stylesheet.
  15. Should be green - Linked from every alternative stylesheet.
  16. Should be green - Linked from every alternative stylesheet.
  17. Should be green - Linked from every alternative stylesheet.
  18. Should be green - Linked from every alternative stylesheet.
  19. Should be green - Linked from every alternative stylesheet.
  20. Should be green - Linked from every alternative stylesheet.
  21. Should be green - Linked from every alternative stylesheet.
  22. Should be green - Linked from every alternative stylesheet.
  23. Should be green - Linked from every alternative stylesheet.
  24. Should be green - Linked from every alternative stylesheet.
  25. Should be green - Persistent Stylesheet.
  26. Should be green - Persistent Stylesheet.

To check your browser is working, select each stylesheet set in turn, checking that all 26 entries above are green each time. Then, select the stylesheets in reverse order, checking each time that each entry is green. Finally, and this is the fun part, select the entries in a random order, and once more, check that each entry is always green. This must be the most boring and tedious test of the whole ImportTest!

Submit Results

If no alternate stylesheet interface is available, then ignore the red that appears.

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This page is maintained by Ian Hickson (ian@hixie.ch).

Last updated in July 1999.