Bad renaming of copied table style

[crdmerge]

Heads up!

If you make a copy of a table style, and then rename the copy, none of the style declarations inside the style sheet get changed. For example:

1. Copy PlainTable.css.
2. Paste it and rename it to TestTable.css.
3. Open TestTable.css in the Internal Text Editor.

All TableStyles are labeled ".TableStyle-PlainTable" (the old name), and the code for a table using the new style is this (note the class="TableStyle-PlainTable" and the ('Resources/TableStyles/TestTable.css'):

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<table class="TableStyle-PlainTable" style="mc-table-style: url('Resources/TableStyles/TestTable.css'); margin-left: 0; margin-right: auto;" cellspacing="0" 
xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">

The result is this: if I then add styling (such as for a bullet list) in my default CSS file, using the ".TableStyle-TestTable" I would not be be affecting the new table styles.

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.TableStyle-TestTable .BodyA-Column1-Body1 ul,
.TableStyle-TestTable .BodyB-Column1-Body1 ul,
.TableStyle-TestTable .BodyC-Column1-Body1 ul,
.TableStyle-TestTable .BodyD-Column1-Body1 ul,
.TableStyle-TestTable .BodyE-Column1-Body1 ul,
.TableStyle-TestTable .BodyF-Column1-Body1 ul,
.TableStyle-TestTable .BodyG-Column1-Body1 ul,
.TableStyle-TestTable-Column1-Body1 ul,
.TableStyle-TestTable .BodyI-Column1-Body1 ul
{
	list-style-type: square;
	margin-top: 0px;
	padding-top: 0px;
	padding-left: 15px;
	margin-left: 15px;
}

The workaround is to manually replace all TableStyle-PlainTable occurrences in the TestTable.css with TableStyle-TestTable, so that I can set my styles to affect only the new table style.

Reported to MadCap (case 33091, report 49700). I sincerely hope that they can fix this egregious error without requiring multiple users issuing bug reports.

[NorthEast]

It will 'refresh' the styles if you edit it in the table stylesheet editor.
So after copying/renaming the file, open it in the table stylesheet editor and make some changes (e.g. change something, then change it back).

[crdmerge]

Yeah, Dave, I just got a reply from Support, saying the same thing. Kinda like whacking a mule in the head with an axe handle, to get its attention!

Support also decided to change the issue from a feature request (what?) to a bug (yes!).


Leon