Closed Bug 12852 Opened 25 years ago Closed 25 years ago

Whole page area acts as an link

Categories

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

Product:
Core
Component:
DOM: HTML Parser
Platform:
x86
Windows 98
Type:
defect

Tracking

()

Status:
VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 7724

People

(Reporter: hyp-x, Assigned: rickg)

References

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URL
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Details

(Whiteboard: [TESTCASE]) 

Originaly reported by (in news):
  scott@computeralt.com (Scott I. Remick)

Version tested:
  1999-08-30-10 on Win98, both apprunner and viewer
  Original reporter encountered this in M9

Description:
  The whole area of the page containing the articles link to a single URL
  even where's no link just text.
  I'm into making a testcase for this.
Whiteboard: [MAKINGTESTCASE]
Whiteboard: [MAKINGTESTCASE] → [TESTCASE]
Here's a testcase:
---
<a href="http://www.mozilla.org/">
<table border><tr><td>This is stuff inside the table</td></tr></table>
</a>
---

Regression:
  Mozilla:
    the whole table (+ the area right to it) acts as a link
  NS 4.x:
    the table is not a link at all
  IE4:
    it looks like if it wasn't a link (the cursor doesn't change to a hand,
    and the statusline doesn't shows the destination.), but if you _click_
    you get to the new URL
Assignee: troy → rickg
Component: Layout → Parser
Rick, this looks like a compatibility issue. The HTML4 spec says A is inline,
but we're leaving the table inside of the A and that's why it all behaves like a
link
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 25 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 7724 ***
Status: RESOLVED → VERIFIED
Agreed. This is a duplicate of 7724. Marking as verified duplicate.
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