367732 - Border applied to anchors when clicked disrupts layout

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 286368

(Core :: Layout, defect)

Description

[Francisco León]

Attachment: border problem

Firefox has a "feature" that when you click an anchor but you don't let go of the button, it applies a small border to the anchor. If you have the anchor in a limited space environment, the adding of the border may cause a vertical or horizontal scroll bar.

On the particular site i am developing, i have an image map with a anchor if the click goes outside of any of the recognized areas. When clicking any of the areas, the border appears, disrupting the layout and making the image area unusable.

I don't think i need to supply a html testcase, but in case i haven't made myself clear, i will upload an animated gif so you can see what the problem is about.

Tested on firefox 2.0.0.1 on windows xp sp2.

Comment 1

[Mats Palmgren (inactive)]

Please supply a minimal HTML testcase.

Comment 2

[Francisco León]

Attachment: Testcase

Unzip and open the htm file. Sorry, this is as small as i could

Comment 3

[Mats Palmgren (inactive)]

Attachment: Reduced Testcase

Comment 5

[Marek Stępień [:marcoos, inactive]]

v.