158070 - Text wrap misbehavior on web pages

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 148399

(Core :: Layout, defect)

Description

[Ney André de Mello Zunino]

While searching the bug archives in order to decided whether or not I should
enter a bug, I found several references to text wrapping problems. However, most
of them were related to the mail composer, not the browser. There were some that
mentioned problems with text wrapping inside table cells, but the defect would
be overflowing text.

What happens in the present case is that, depending on the width of the browser
window, the wrapping of text misbehaves, with two possible outcomes: either
content is overwritten or partially hidden. The URL provided (and the
screenshots - if I can upload them) is just an example. I have seen it happening
in other pages as well. One thing that I am not quite sure at this moment is
whether the problem only happens with link text or not. I do not remember, but I
have the impression it may happen to regular text as well. Also, replicating the
problem is not very easy, though possible by playing with the window's size.

Comment 1

[Ney André de Mello Zunino]

Attachment: Correct display with the two words on the same line

This screen shot shows the two words "interface design" on the same line. What
we have to do to see the bug is gradually enlarge the browser's width, so that
the word "interface" will be pulled to the previous line.

Comment 2

[Ney André de Mello Zunino]

Attachment: One of the words is "gone"

This is the worst manifestation of this bug: part of the content is not
showing. The first word "interface" has disappeared!

Comment 3

[Ney André de Mello Zunino]

Attachment: The missing word is back, but its counterpart seems to be unaware of that.

Enlarging the window's width a little more made the missing word return, but
the following word "design" seems to overwrite it, as if it were unaware of its
presence.

Comment 4

[Mike Gebis]

Reporter: What buildid were you using?

This sounds exactly like bug 148399, which was fixed 6/14/2002.  If your
build is older than that, please try downloading a newer build and see if the
problem went away.

This might not be the same bug, but looking at the comments in bug 148399
might be enlightening anyway.  (There might be a bug specifically
relating to URLs; check the most recent comments)

Comment 5

[Ney André de Mello Zunino]

My build ID is 2002061104 and yes, this bug is probably the same as #148399, as
you suggested.

I am downloading the latest build and will check if the problem is gone.

Comment 6

[Ney André de Mello Zunino]

I have just installed the build 2002071708 and the problem really seems to be
gone. Great! Thank you, Mike Gebis, for the pointer.

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

Comment 7

[Wesha]

vrfy dupe