Closed Bug 7377 Opened 25 years ago Closed 25 years ago

Links containing paragraph tags don't show up as links

Categories

(Core :: DOM: HTML Parser, defect, P3)

Product:
Core
Component:
DOM: HTML Parser
Platform:
x86
Linux
Type:
defect

Tracking

()

Status:
VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 6654

People

(Reporter: pavlos, Assigned: rickg)

References

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Details

This probably an HTML parser bug/feature. It appears on both M5 and M6,
invoked as either "viewer" or "apprunner". I use Debian GNU/Linux, libc6.

If there is a <P> tag between <A HREF=...> and <\A> then the link shows
up as normal text and not as a link.

I do not know if this is valid HTML but it works with Navigator 4.51.
I encountered it in the El Pais website (http://www.elpais.es) which
uses it to mark its headlines as links. With M6 the headlines fail
to show as links (M5 crashes).

To reproduce, view the page. Here is minimal source.

<HTML>
<HEAD>
</HEAD>
<BODY>

<A HREF="foo">   control</A><P>
<A HREF="foo"><P>error  </A><P>

</BODY>
</HTML>
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 25 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 6654 ***
Status: RESOLVED → VERIFIED
This is in fact terrifically awful HTML. However, it now works in 5.x for
compatibility reasons.
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