211091 - p element not terminated if end tag is missing before table

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 91927

(Core :: DOM: HTML Parser, defect)

Description

[hjp]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.4a) Gecko/20030401
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.4a) Gecko/20030401

The end tag of the p element is optional and frequently omitted. 

When the start tag of a block level element is encountered, the p element should
be terminated and the next element started.

At least with the table element, this does not work. The table is parsed as part
as part of the preceding paragraph.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. create an HTML page with a paragraph without an end tag immediately followed
   by table (like at the example URL).
2. View the page with the DOM inspector or use CSS to make the boundaries
   between elements visible
3. Add the missing end tag
4. View the results again.
Actual Results:  
When the end tag is missing, the table is shown as a child element of the p
element. When the end tag is there, the table is shown as a sibling of the p
element.

Expected Results:  
In both cases the result should be the same: The table should be a sibling of
the p, not a child.

Comment 1

[Bill Mason]

This is already fixed in newer releases.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 91927 ***