29068 - Incorrect table reflow after right-click and mouse over on links

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 28553

(Core :: Layout, defect, P3)

Description

[Marbell]

using the last nightly build (Feb 23rd), visiting www.cnet.com on Windows 95 
OSR2

When right-clicking on any one of the three daily topics (the ones with pictures 
 close to the top of the page) The pictures and text below them are redrawn 
incorrectly.  (the pictures and text moved... like, when I right-clicked on the 
middle picture to open that article in a new window, the picture moved to the 
left so that it was directly beside the first picture and the text below it 
moved so that it took up nearly 4 or 5  lines instead of the usual 2 lines.  
when I right-clicked on the first picture... it's text below it moved in the 
same fashion.  When I right-clicked on the third, it's picture stayed still, but 
it's text moved to where all the words fit on one line... and only one word was 
left on the second line.)

This behavior suggests to me that the 3 pictures and their topics below them are 
somehow centered in a table which is re-drawn incorrectly when the items are 
right-clicked.  When I tried to refresh the page to see if refreshing would 
correct the problem, mozilla crashed.

this is the section of HTML code from Cnet's page that I am describing the error 
when drawing:


<table width="100%" border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0>
<tr>
<td width="100%" colspan=3>
<hr size="1" color="#CCCCCC">
</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td width="100%" valign=top>



        <div align="center">
                <table width="90%">
                <tr align="center" valign="top">
    <td><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size="-1"><a 
href="/hardware/0-1063-7-1552345.html?tag=st.cn.1.tlpg.1063-7-1552345"><img 
vspace=4 border=0 src="/Images/Promos/hw_0223_printers_pg.gif" width="104" 
height="90" alt=""></a><br><a 
href="/hardware/0-1063-7-1552345.html?tag=st.cn.1.tlpg.1063-7-1552345"><b>Shop 
smart with our buyer's guide to 
printers</b></a></font></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td><font face="Arial, 
Helvetica" size="-1"><a 
href="/specialreports/0-6014-7-1554681.html?tag=st.cn.1.tlpg.6014-7-1554681"><im
g vspace=4 border=0 src="/Images/Promos/tr_0223_SUPERcmptrs_pg.gif" width="104" 
height="90" alt=""></a><br><a 
href="/specialreports/0-6014-7-1554681.html?tag=st.cn.1.tlpg.6014-7-1554681"><b>
New supercomputers are faster than 
ever</b></a></font></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td><font face="Arial, 
Helvetica" size="-1"><a 
href="/software/0-1497797.html?tag=st.cn.1.tlpg.1497797-7-1532744"><img vspace=4 
border=0 src="/Images/Promos/sw_0217_win2kupgrade_pg.gif" width="104" 
height="90" alt=""></a><br><a 
href="/software/0-1497797.html?tag=st.cn.1.tlpg.1497797-7-1532744"><b>Everything 
you need to know about the new OS</b></a></font></td>
        </tr>
        </table>
                </div>
    <font size="-2">&nbsp;<br></font>

<table width="100%" border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0>

This is my first bug post & I'm just tryin' to help out :->

Comment 1

[Richard Zach]

I think this is a duplicate of bug 28522.  However, that bug only addresses the
problem that a reflow is done *at all* on click.  Here we have: a really weird
result of the reflow, and the problem also happens on mouse over.

Attaching simplified testcase.  Note how the table is a t first laid out
evenly.  If you right-click on one of the links, the table is reflown and the
cell is only as wide as the widest word.  Mouse over the link again to see the
table dance.

CC: pierre, karnaze

Comment 2

[Richard Zach]

Attachment: Testcase

Comment 3

[Pierre Saslawsky]

Problem with mouseover on links that are in a table? This could be related to bug 

28553 more than to bug 28522. Both are PDT+ and assigned to me.

Comment 4

[troy]

Marking DUP of 28553

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 28553 ***

Comment 5

[Chris Petersen]

Marking verified dup of 28553.