1244483 - Parts of text lines may be clipped because of blue selection highlight if line-height is less than font-size

Status: NEW

(Core :: DOM: Selection, defect, P5)

Description

[arni2033]

Attachment: screenshot 1 - Parts of text are clipped.png

>>>   My Info:   Win7_64, Nightly 46, 32bit, ID 20160129030206
STR_1:
1. Open the following "data:" url or click URL in the form above
>   data:text/html,<h3 style="width: 423px; font-size: 80px; line-height: 56px; font-family: serif;">Get unrestricted access to all our stories and more</h3>
2. Select all text on the page opened in Step 1.

STR_2:
1. Open the following link:
>   http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/law-order/monk-leaps-into-the-arms-of-police-officers-amid-preston-macedonian-orthodox-church-fire/news-story/6760458e04be177fde0d625fa7987fba
2. Select the header (5 lines of text)

AR:  Parts of the text are clipped; it's annoying, looks bad and sometimes is hard to read.
ER:  All selected text should be easily readable. Letters shouldn't be clipped.

Comment 1

[arni2033]

STR_3   (Notable example with the same AR and ER):
1. Open https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/desktop/?utm_source=snippet&utm_medium=snippet&utm_campaign=default+feature+snippe
2. Select the header "Committed to you, your privacy and an open Web"

Comment 2

[Jens Stutte [:jstutte]]

Bulk-downgrade of unassigned, untouched DOM/Storage bug's priority.

If you have reason to believe, this is wrong, please write a comment and ni :jstutte.