282069 - float right then float left (and vice versa) causes misplacement of subsequent blocks.

Status: RESOLVED INVALID

(Core :: Layout: Floats, defect)

Description

[fireweasel]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8a6) Gecko/20050111
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8a6) Gecko/20050111

After a float to one direction then a float to the other direction,
subsequent block-elements are positioned as if neither float was present.
This occurs even if there are non-floated block and non-block elements
between the floats !

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Testcases provided.
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Comment 1

[fireweasel]

Attachment: Sigh. Wrong file sent.

Comment 2

[fireweasel]

Attachment: Simplest case.

Comment 3

[fireweasel]

Attachment: Case showing the full horror.

Comment 4

[David Baron :dbaron: (⌚️UTC-4, no longer working on Mozilla)]

This looks like correct behavior to me.  Blocks don't flow around floats; the
text within them does.

Comment 5

[fireweasel]

(In reply to comment #4)
> This looks like correct behavior to me.  Blocks don't flow around floats; the
> text within them does.

The DIVs are on top of each other. at least, they are on my browser and
the current firefox for windows. That's never supposed to happen for
non-"position" boxes, is it ?

Comment 6

[:Gavin Sharp [email: [e-mail]]]

(In reply to comment #5)
> The DIVs are on top of each other. at least, they are on my browser and
> the current firefox for windows. That's never supposed to happen for
> non-"position" boxes, is it ?

As David said, it's not the blocks themselves that flow around the floats, it's
the text within them. Add some text in the pink div and you'll see.