149780 - Line-breaking sometimes removes first word of link

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 148399

(Core :: Layout, defect)

Description

[Damian Yerrick]

From Bugzilla Helper:
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.0.0+)
Gecko/20020601
BuildID:    2002060108

When breaking a line before the beginning of a link, Mozilla sometimes
hides the first word of the link completely.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Set Mozilla to standard Win32 settings (default font: times new
   roman, 16px).
2. Turn on JavaScript.
3. Open the attached test case. (You're looking at it.)
4. View the box to the right in the attached test case.

Or (slightly less reproducible, but more real-world):
1. Open http://www.wikipedia.com/wiki/Software_license
2. Scroll down to "Enforceability".
3. Resize the browser so that "Digital" in "Digital Millennium
   Copyright Act" is line-broken.

Actual Results:  "Millennium Copyright Act"

Expected Results:  "Digital Millennium Copyright Act"

This bug is very touchy.  It's very hard to create a document
designed to trigger this bug intentionally.  It seems that any
fidgeting with the test case's markup or script may cause the bug's
effect to disappear. Expect problems when trying to reduce it.

Comment 1

[Damian Yerrick]

Attachment: Spacer image for use with the test case

Comment 2

[Damian Yerrick]

Attachment: Initial test case

Comment 3

[Damian Yerrick]

Attachment: Initial test case with corrected image reference

I made a mistake in the <img src="..." /> element such that it
referred to my local copy rather than to the globally accessible
attachment on Bugzilla.

This attachment obsoletes attachment 86729 [details], but for some reason,
I do not have permission to make changes to my own attachments.

Comment 4

[Andrew Schultz]

looks like bug 148399.  testcase is broken with 20020613 and works with 20020615.

marking dupe of "Text (link) incorrectly flows or disappears"

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 148399 ***