*** NOT FOR LANDING *** Text nodes should only inherit inheritable properties.

Source/core/layout/LayoutObject.cpp

Index: Source/core/layout/LayoutObject.cpp
diff --git a/Source/core/layout/LayoutObject.cpp b/Source/core/layout/LayoutObject.cpp
index 600d9b8d40123ecc948d3ef9fb1d0242c5b25479..7da791064129b9a475b0c41dfa96a1fbc870e903 100644
--- a/Source/core/layout/LayoutObject.cpp
+++ b/Source/core/layout/LayoutObject.cpp
@@ -760,7 +760,7 @@ void LayoutObject::markContainerChainForLayout(bool scheduleRelayout, LayoutObje
         LayoutObject* container = object->container();
         if (!container && !object->isLayoutView())
             return;
-        if (!last->isTextOrSVGChild() && last->style()->hasOutOfFlowPosition()) {
+        if (!last->isSVGChild() && last->style()->hasOutOfFlowPosition()) {
             bool willSkipRelativelyPositionedInlines = !object->isLayoutBlock() || object->isAnonymousBlock();
             // Skip relatively positioned inlines and anonymous blocks to get to the enclosing LayoutBlock.
             while (object && (!object->isLayoutBlock() || object->isAnonymousBlock()))
@@ -816,7 +816,7 @@ void LayoutObject::checkBlockPositionedObjectsNeedLayout()
 void LayoutObject::setPreferredLogicalWidthsDirty(MarkingBehavior markParents)
 {
     m_bitfields.setPreferredLogicalWidthsDirty(true);
-    if (markParents == MarkContainerChain && (isText() || !style()->hasOutOfFlowPosition()))
+    if (markParents == MarkContainerChain && !style()->hasOutOfFlowPosition())
         invalidateContainerPreferredLogicalWidths();
 }
 
@@ -850,7 +850,6 @@ inline void LayoutObject::invalidateContainerPreferredLogicalWidths()
 LayoutBlock* LayoutObject::containerForFixedPosition(const LayoutBoxModelObject* paintInvalidationContainer, bool* paintInvalidationContainerSkipped) const
 {
     ASSERT(!paintInvalidationContainerSkipped || !*paintInvalidationContainerSkipped);
-    ASSERT(!isText());
     ASSERT(style()->position() == FixedPosition);
 
     LayoutObject* ancestor = parent();
@@ -868,9 +867,9 @@ LayoutBlock* LayoutObject::containingBlock() const
     LayoutObject* o = parent();
     if (!o && isLayoutScrollbarPart())
         o = toLayoutScrollbarPart(this)->layoutObjectOwningScrollbar();
-    if (!isTextOrSVGChild() && m_style->position() == FixedPosition)
+    if (!isSVGChild() && m_style->position() == FixedPosition)
         return containerForFixedPosition();
-    if (!isTextOrSVGChild() && m_style->position() == AbsolutePosition) {
+    if (!isSVGChild() && m_style->position() == AbsolutePosition) {
         while (o) {
             // For relpositioned inlines, we return the nearest non-anonymous enclosing block. We don't try
             // to return the inline itself.  This allows us to avoid having a positioned objects
@@ -1580,6 +1579,8 @@ Color LayoutObject::selectionBackgroundColor() const
     if (!isSelectable())
         return Color::transparent;
 
+    if ((!node() || node()->isTextNode()) && parent())
+        return parent()->selectionBackgroundColor();
     if (RefPtr<ComputedStyle> pseudoStyle = getUncachedPseudoStyleFromParentOrShadowHost())
         return resolveColor(*pseudoStyle, CSSPropertyBackgroundColor).blendWithWhite();
     return frame()->selection().isFocusedAndActive() ?
@@ -1594,6 +1595,8 @@ Color LayoutObject::selectionColor(int colorProperty) const
     if (!isSelectable() || (frame()->view()->paintBehavior() & PaintBehaviorSelectionOnly))
         return resolveColor(colorProperty);
 
+    if ((!node() || node()->isTextNode()) && parent())
+        return parent()->selectionColor(colorProperty);
     if (RefPtr<ComputedStyle> pseudoStyle = getUncachedPseudoStyleFromParentOrShadowHost())
         return resolveColor(*pseudoStyle, colorProperty);
     if (!LayoutTheme::theme().supportsSelectionForegroundColors())
@@ -1647,16 +1650,14 @@ StyleDifference LayoutObject::adjustStyleDifference(StyleDifference diff) const
 
     // If transform changed, and the layer does not paint into its own separate backing, then we need to invalidate paints.
     if (diff.transformChanged()) {
-        // Text nodes share style with their parents but transforms don't apply to them,
-        // hence the !isText() check.
-        if (!isText() && (!hasLayer() || !toLayoutBoxModelObject(this)->layer()->hasStyleDeterminedDirectCompositingReasons()))
+        if (!hasLayer() || !toLayoutBoxModelObject(this)->layer()->hasStyleDeterminedDirectCompositingReasons())
             diff.setNeedsPaintInvalidationLayer();
     }
 
     // If opacity or zIndex changed, and the layer does not paint into its own separate backing, then we need to invalidate paints (also
     // ignoring text nodes)
     if (diff.opacityChanged() || diff.zIndexChanged()) {
-        if (!isText() && (!hasLayer() || !toLayoutBoxModelObject(this)->layer()->hasStyleDeterminedDirectCompositingReasons()))
+        if (!hasLayer() || !toLayoutBoxModelObject(this)->layer()->hasStyleDeterminedDirectCompositingReasons())
             diff.setNeedsPaintInvalidationLayer();
     }
 
@@ -1694,24 +1695,8 @@ StyleDifference LayoutObject::adjustStyleDifference(StyleDifference diff) const
 void LayoutObject::setPseudoStyle(PassRefPtr<ComputedStyle> pseudoStyle)
 {
     ASSERT(pseudoStyle->styleType() == BEFORE || pseudoStyle->styleType() == AFTER || pseudoStyle->styleType() == FIRST_LETTER);
-
-    // FIXME: We should consider just making all pseudo items use an inherited style.
-
-    // Images are special and must inherit the pseudoStyle so the width and height of
-    // the pseudo element doesn't change the size of the image. In all other cases we
-    // can just share the style.
-    //
-    // Quotes are also LayoutInline, so we need to create an inherited style to avoid
-    // getting an inline with positioning or an invalid display.
-    //
-    if (isImage() || isQuote()) {
-        RefPtr<ComputedStyle> style = ComputedStyle::create();
-        style->inheritFrom(*pseudoStyle);
-        setStyle(style.release());
-        return;
-    }
-
-    setStyle(pseudoStyle);
+    RefPtr<ComputedStyle> style = ComputedStyle::createWithInheritableProperties(*pseudoStyle);
+    setStyle(style.release());
 }
 
 void LayoutObject::markContainingBlocksForOverflowRecalc()
@@ -2345,7 +2330,7 @@ LayoutObject* LayoutObject::container(const LayoutBoxModelObject* paintInvalidat
     // computePositionedLogicalHeight have to use container().
     LayoutObject* o = parent();
 
-    if (isTextOrSVGChild())
+    if (isSVGChild())
         return o;
 
     EPosition pos = m_style->position();