25357 - Links with visibility: hidden are still 'there'.

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 12232

(Core :: Layout, defect, P3)

Description

[Dominic Cooney]

<A href=...> elements with visibility: hidden are still 'there': they can still
be navigated, still generate events (e.g. mouse over, etc.).

It doesn't matter if the element is made invisible by a style sheet or
dynamically by a script, nor does it matter if the visibility is inherited from
a parent.

I first noticed this in M12 and it still exists in M13.

I have classified this as major since many sites rely on hidden elements not
being navigable/firing events, and the spurious events could severly hamper user
interaction on dynamic sites.

Comment 1

[Dominic Cooney]

Attachment: Page that demonstrates the problem.

Comment 2

[troy]

Tom, event problem. Pretty sure it's a DUP

Comment 3

[joki (gone)]

yeah, dupe of 12232

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 12232 ***

Comment 4

[Chris Petersen]

Marking verified dup of 12232.