Testcase -------- http://test.csswg.org/suites/css2.1/latest/html4/outline-layout-004.htm http://test.csswg.org/suites/css2.1/nightly-unstable/html4/outline-layout-004.htm Relevant chunk of code ---------------------- <div><span style="outline: black solid 2px;">The black border<br>should wrap around these 3 lines of text and form a<br>non-rectangular shape</span></div> or http://software.hixie.ch/utilities/js/live-dom-viewer/?%3C!DOCTYPE%20HTML%3E%0A%3Cdiv%3E%3Cspan%20style%3D%22outline%3A%20black%20solid%202px%3B%22%3EThe%20black%20border%3Cbr%3Eshould%20wrap%20around%20these%203%20lines%20of%20text%20and%20form%20a%3Cbr%3Enon-rectangular%20shape%3C%2Fspan%3E%3C%2Fdiv%3E Relevant chunk of spec ---------------------- " Outlines may be non-rectangular. For example, if the element is broken across several lines, the outline is the minimum outline that encloses all the element's boxes. In contrast to borders, the outline is not open at the line box's end or start, but is always fully connected if possible. " 18.4 Dynamic outlines: the 'outline' property http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/ui.html#dynamic-outlines More info --------- http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Mar/0284.html I have searched for duplicates and did not find any.

Argh... this seems/looks like/may be a DUPLICATE of bug 266122