27965 - wrong link with broken a href in list

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 3944

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

Description

[Jarto Tarpio]

Go to http://cgi.inet.fi/slu/lentopallo/tulospalvelu.cgi?sivu=index

When you move the mouse over all the links, you can see how the	last argument in
the links change in every link. Halfway in the page the links stop changing and
the link is all the time:
http://cgi.inet.fi/slu/lentopallo/tulospalvelu.cgi?sivu=etusivu&vuosi=9900&alue=etelainen&sarja=n42

When you look at the page source, the problem starts when a link ends:
Miesten 4-sarja lohko 6</a\
>

This is supported in Netscape 4 however.

Comment 1

[Sitsofe Wheeler]

The problem isn't becuase the link is split across two lines. It is becuase the
the <a href> is not properly closed and becomes poorly nested. See the line
below:

<a href="hello">Hello</a\>me <li><a href="too.htm">too</a>

</a\> is a broken tag (so the <a will not be closed properly). Normally, moz
notices the second link and turns of the orginal link. However, because the <li>
is in the way, it seems to carry the orginal link on. I think this is known as
risidual style.

Anyhow, I think this covered by bug 3944 - Graphical buttons that should be
linked are not [ Residual Style ], so I am changing the title and component of
this bug and marking as a duplicate.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 3944 ***

Comment 2

[Stephen Walker]

verified