Closed Bug 7377 Opened 26 years ago Closed 26 years ago

Links containing paragraph tags don't show up as links

Categories

(Core :: DOM: HTML Parser, defect, P3)

x86
Linux
defect

Tracking

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VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 6654

People

(Reporter: pavlos, Assigned: rickg)

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Details

This probably an HTML parser bug/feature. It appears on both M5 and M6, invoked as either "viewer" or "apprunner". I use Debian GNU/Linux, libc6. If there is a <P> tag between <A HREF=...> and <\A> then the link shows up as normal text and not as a link. I do not know if this is valid HTML but it works with Navigator 4.51. I encountered it in the El Pais website (http://www.elpais.es) which uses it to mark its headlines as links. With M6 the headlines fail to show as links (M5 crashes). To reproduce, view the page. Here is minimal source. <HTML> <HEAD> </HEAD> <BODY> <A HREF="foo"> control</A><P> <A HREF="foo"><P>error </A><P> </BODY> </HTML>
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 26 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 6654 ***
Status: RESOLVED → VERIFIED
This is in fact terrifically awful HTML. However, it now works in 5.x for compatibility reasons.
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