131675 - percentage widths on images within inlines based on remaining space

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 110358

(Core :: Layout, defect)

Description

[Chris Hellwig]

It seems that a construct like
 
<center> <a href="AKTUELLF.HTM" target="_self"><img border="0"
src="images/aktuelfj.jpg" width="32%">
</a> <a href="AKTUELLT.HTM" target="_self"><img border="0"
src="images/aktueltn.jpg" width="32%">
</a> <a href="AKTUELLM.HTM" target="_self"><img border="0"
src="images/aktuelmn.jpg" width="32%">
</a> </center>
 
leads to a situation where the first image shows up correctly (32% of page
width) while the second image fits to 32% of the remaining page and the so on.

The page is viewable with Netscape 4.x, IE5.x and even with IBMs outdated
WebExplorer.

Comment 1

[Russell Odom]

Confirmed (I can't change the status, though). Will attach HTML showing exactly
what does and doesn't work.

Comment 2

[Russell Odom]

Attachment: Testcase

HTML page showing what does and doesn't work.

Comment 3

[Arthur]

Hm, interesting, confirming on linux 2002031721.

Comment 4

[Tuukka Tolvanen (sp3000)]

http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/struct/objects.html#adef-width-IMG : "...lengths
expressed as percentages are based on the horizontal or vertical space currently
available..." ...So what does "currently" mean? :) ->style

Comment 5

[Russell Odom]

The problem here is that the behaviour differs between
<IMG src="..." width="32%"><IMG src="..." width="32%">
and
<A href="..."><IMG src="..." width="32%"></A><A href="..."><IMG src="..."
width="32%"></A>

In the first case the images are all the same size - this behaviour is 'right',
and should be the interpretation of the amiguity in the HTML4 spec. The addition
of <A href> (second case) shouldn't make any difference!

Comment 6

[David Baron :dbaron: (⌚️UTC-4, no longer working on Mozilla)]

Did this break recently?  The "work" / "don't work" distinction in attachment
74713 [details] is correct -- see the following parts of CSS2:
http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-CSS2/visudet.html#the-width-property
http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-CSS2/visudet.html#containing-block-details (point 2)

Is this specific to images or can it be reproduced with other replaced inline
elements (text inputs?, buttons? -- if they respond to 'width' at all)?

Comment 7

[David Baron :dbaron: (⌚️UTC-4, no longer working on Mozilla)]

This definitely didn't break recently.  I see the bug in a build from September,
in Mozilla 0.9, and in M18.

Comment 8

[David Baron :dbaron: (⌚️UTC-4, no longer working on Mozilla)]

Anyway, ->Layout.

Comment 9

[Boris Zbarsky [:bzbarsky]]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 110358 ***

Comment 10

[Christine Hoffman]

Changing QA contact

Comment 11

[Moied]

verified dup