Closed Bug 21108 Opened 25 years ago Closed 25 years ago

span ending a element

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

x86
All
defect

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VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 21186

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(Reporter: charles.c.mak, Assigned: rickg)

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Overview: Links shown as regular text

Steps to Reproduce: goto url and notice the 3 bullet text 'Most Popular,' 'New
Releases,' and 'Our Picks.'

Actual Results: They are shown as just text.

Expected Results: They should be links. This was not a problem in yesterday's
build.

Build: 1999-1207-08 on Windows NT 4.0 (sp6)
Assignee: leger → rickg
Severity: normal → major
Component: Browser-General → Parser
Summary: Links shown as regular text → span ending a element
Changing component to parser and reassiging.

The problem here seems to be that a span element is ending an a element.  (I
didn't dump the content model, but applying CSS to the a element makes it look
that way).  I think this is a regression only because it would have been caught
sooner if it weren't.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE (in addition to those on the CNet page):
 * load attached testcase

ACTUAL RESULTS:
 * only the first occurrence of "Mozilla" is a link to http://www.mozilla.org/

EXPECTED RESULTS:
 * both occurrences should be

DOES NOT WORK CORRECTLY ON:
 * Linux mozilla 1999-12-07-15-M12
Status: NEW → ASSIGNED
This is fixed in my tree with the new residual style handling enabled.
QA Contact: leger → janc
Updating QA Contact for a verification once checked in.
Severity: major → normal
OS: Windows NT → All
Target Milestone: M14
Status: ASSIGNED → RESOLVED
Closed: 25 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 21186 ***
Status: RESOLVED → VERIFIED
Verified dupe of bug 21186
bug 21186 is "Can't click on links in CNET story"
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