43568 - Font properties of hyperlinks not remembered for redraw

Status: VERIFIED FIXED

(Core :: Layout, defect, P3)

Description

[cheng]

When you load the page, notice the fonts used to render the links on the left
hand side of the page.  Now move your mouse over, and the fonts change!

I have narrowed it down to something simpler.  If you have an HTML page
containing something like this:

<a href="http://www.cnn.com">
<font size="-1" Face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
Link to CNN
</font>
</a>

where the face attribute is different from your default font, then the first
time you load the page everything is displayed correctly.  But if you force it
to redraw somehow, then the font used in the hyperlink becomes the default font
specified in the user preference menu.

Outside of hyperlinks it seems to work correctly.

Comment 1

[Decklin Foster]

I don't see this on 062212 linux. Submitter, what build are you using?

Comment 2

[Peter 'Rufus' Nelson]

don't see in win98 either...marking works

Comment 3

[cheng]

I am using 2000062212 on Linux (so the report of working in Windows is
irrelevant).  I can reproduce this every time, but you must force the window to
redraw.  Here is how to reproduce, works for me every time.

  1. Make sure that your default font is serif, not sans serif.
  2. Change the serif font to something that's easily distinguishable from
     other fonts.
  3. Load the attached html.  Note thatt the fonts are displayed according to
     those specified in the HTML file.
  4. Now go to Edit->Preferences, click OK without changing anything.
  5. Now look at the page again.  The font on the link should change, but the
     font outside of the link doesn't.

I more thing I should add: I have followed the Font Deuglification HOWTO at
http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/mini/FDU.html.

Comment 4

[cheng]

Attachment: Here is a test case

Comment 5

[R.K.Aa.]

I see this on linux 2000-062321 as well
Seems the fonts go from bold verdana to bold helvetica (my default)
Verifying.

Comment 6

[R.K.Aa.]

*** Bug 43608 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 7

[R.K.Aa.]

*** Bug 43775 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 8

[R.K.Aa.]

On NT these links go bold when clicked.
On Linux they go bold on mouseover.
This is so identical behaviour that it must be the same bug, marking dups
correspondingly.

Comment 9

[harishd]

Triaging Clayton's list:
----------------------------

I do see it ( Winnt ).

Here is what I did:
1) Loaded the above test case ( changed font size on the first FONT tag to 5 )
2) Opened mozilla and did Edit->Preferences (as reported by  hchcheng ).
3) Changed "Serif" font to "Bookman Old Style"
4) Closed Preferences.
5) Reload the document and then "selected" the link ( you should see the 
difference in font ).

Expected: Font should not change.
Actual  : Font changes to default!
Btw, the content model before and after selection is the same.

Comment 10

[harishd]

Over to Mark.

Comment 11

[Marc Attinasi]

This was fixed when I turned off style context data sharing (bug 43490)

I'm marking this dependent on bug 39618 so I can track it when I re-enable style 
data sharing.

Comment 12

[Marc Attinasi]

NOTE: with sharing ON this is only a problem when <FONT> is used, not when style 
is used... attaching illustrative testcase

Comment 13

[Marc Attinasi]

Attachment: Testcase showing difference between <FONT> and style induced font changes

Comment 14

[Chris Petersen]

Fixed in the July 14 th build.