256786 - clicking on long link with overflow:hidden shifts line to the left, hard to get it back

Status: RESOLVED EXPIRED

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[Linda]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; en-US; rv:1.7) Gecko/20040707 Firefox/0.9.2
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; en-US; rv:1.7) Gecko/20040707 Firefox/0.9.2

The URL above had a problem when a long link was added (scroll down to Photo,
Review, and Purchase links) but I changed it to a small link.  This is a
self-serve site, so if you add a movie that has a long link, say for Review:

          <div style="font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit;overflow:hidden"><nobr>
            <b>Review:</b> <a
href="http://www.suntimes.com/ebert/ebert_reviews/2004/06/062401.html"
target="_blank">http://www.suntimes.com/ebert/ebert_reviews/2004/06/062401.html</a>
          </nobr></div>

Suppose this is changed to a longer link, like:

http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/movie?id=6184937&pageid=rs.ReviewsMovieArchive&pageregion=mainRegion&afl=imdb&rnd=1093073732040&has-player=unknown

Then I can't find a way to click on the link without everything on that line
shifting left.  A casual user will probably not know how to get it back to
normal.  It does not go back to normal by pressing the browser "refresh" button.
I have to press control-F (Find) Review and that brings it back.

My boss has an earlier version of Mozilla, and the overflow:hidden tag works
less on his, causing the whole table to be wider and add a horizontal scroll bar
due to the long link.

This works ok on IE 6.  The link can break on lines at "." or "/" in the URL, so
the link wraps.

There is something about this on www.experts-exchange.com called the "Long Link"
problem.

http://www.experts-exchange.com/Community_Support/Suggestions/Q_20858708.html

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1.Click on a long link that is enclosed in a div tag with attribute
style="overflow:hidden".
2.
3.

Actual Results:  
The area in the div tag, in this case the line with the long link on it (and all
other text on that line which in this case precedes the link) shift to the left,
and disappear.  The only way I know of to get it back is to search for the
preceding text with control-F.  Clicking the browser "Refresh" button doesn't
get it back.  Even if it did, I don't think the line or area in the div tag
should shift left.

Expected Results:  
The area inside the div tag should stay in place and look the same as before you
clicked the link.

Comment 1

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

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Comment 2

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

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