98427 - drop.org - Using XHTML-style empty tags with anchor element

Status: CLOSED INVALID

(Tech Evangelism Graveyard :: English US, defect, P1)

Description

[Carl Ditzler]

From Bugzilla Helper:
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; en-US; rv:0.9.3+) Gecko/20010831
BuildID:    2001083103

Minimized tag syntax used to create a hyperlink on a page, i.e.: <a
href="http://www.foo.foo" />foo</a> does not render a hyperlink in Mozilla.
Mozilla should display a hyperlink with such a format. 

Utilized Mozilla build on windows and linux with same result.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1.Go view a page with minimized tag syntax utilized for a hyperlink (i.e.:
search results on http://www.drop.org/module.php?mod=search)
2.There is no hyperlink for text coded as a hyperlink.

Actual Results:  There is no hyperlink.

Expected Results:  Render a hyperlink with text coded as a hyperlink with
minimized tag syntax.

Other browsers (MS IE) render a hyperlink with minimized tag syntax.

Given the importance of XHTML document types and hyperlinking, I think this is a
major issue.

Comment 1

[David Illsley]

Reporter: <a href="http://www.foo.foo" />foo</a> is not a valid link. The
closing / in the first A tag means the end of the tag. The foo should not be
rendered as a link. It appears that IE must be doing the wrong thing.

Over to Tech-Evangelism to Evang this site?

Comment 2

[Christopher Hoess (gone)]

Actually, we do (incorrectly) support this for empty elements (bug 94284). 
However, this is not an empty element and is not valid HTML or XHTML.  Reporter:
please review the XML or XHTML spec re: empty elements.

Over to Tech Evangelism.

Comment 3

[Christopher Aillon (sabbatical, not receiving bugmail)]

Minor site + major problem = P3 per evangelism guidelines.

Comment 4

[Carl Ditzler]

Kill this please.

Comment 5

[Bob Clary [:bc] (inactive)]

Carl, I assume you admin the site? Either way, I will respect your request and
get it off the radar. -> closed.