[whatwg] "Any content inside wbr elements must not be considered part of the surrounding text"

• From: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
• Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2011 09:54:42 +0000 (UTC)
• Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.1102140950530.28618@ps20323.dreamhostps.com>

On Sun, 13 Feb 2011, Alex Bishop wrote:
>
> The definition of the wbr element says:
> 
> > Any content inside wbr elements must not be considered part of the 
> > surrounding text.
> 
> How's that work? The wbr element is a void element; it can't have any 
> content.

Such content is non-conforming (because the content model of <wbr> is 
"empty"), but it can still happen, e.g.:

   <script>
    var w = document.createElement('wbr');
    w.textContent = 'invalid and ignored'; 
    document.body.appendChild(w);
   </script>

...or, in an XML file:

   ...<wbr>invalid and ignored</wbr>...

HTH,
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