33407 - HTML Anchor element. CSS Margin values is applied only to the first line.

Status: VERIFIED INVALID

(Core :: Layout, defect, P3)

Description

[Scott Vesey]

When a margin value is applied to an Anchor element the margin is only applied 
to the first line when the anchor element wraps to a second line.

Since an Anchor tag is not a block element it is not clear that the margin value 
should be applied at all.  If the value is applied, it should be applied to all 
lines contained in the element.

Comment 1

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

Attaching testcase, confirming.

Gerv

Comment 2

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

Attachment: test case (the URL given)

Comment 3

[rickg]

The problem has nothing to do with margins. The problem is that you have a <p> 
tag inside an anchor <a>, which is not legal (strictly speaking). The residual 
style handling code is going through 1 more revision which will allow this 
(illegal) but backward compatible idiom.

Comment 4

[ekrock's old account (dead)]

Bad HTML --> a workaround exists: fix the HTML! --> low priority unless shown to 
be widespread on web. Can anyone find examples on Web, esp. within Top 100? 
Marking M19; --> FUTURE if not common. (Unless rickg just fixes it. ;-> )

Comment 5

[Hixie (not reading bugmail)]

Rick: I don't see any paragraphs inside an <a> tag in the test case.

The test case is invalid, however, as the assertion given is incorrect per CSS1.
Margins on inline elements must only apply on the first line.

Marking INVALID.

Comment 6

[gerardok]

massive update for QA contact.

Comment 7

[Loco]

Sounds good to me.

Comment 8

[Heikki Toivonen (remove -bugzilla when emailing directly)]

SPAM. HTML Element component deprecated, changing component to Layout. See bug
88132 for details.