- From: Tab Atkins Jr. <jackalmage@gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2012 10:47:22 -0700
- To: Leif Arne Storset <lstorset@opera.com>
- Cc: "www-style@w3.org" <www-style@w3.org>
On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 5:48 AM, Leif Arne Storset <lstorset@opera.com> wrote: > On Fri, 17 Aug 2012 17:52:13 +0200, Øyvind Stenhaug <oyvinds@opera.com> > wrote: >> 5) No special attention is given to floats. For instance, here the marker >> will overlap the float (and will be a long distance away from the text that >> starts the line): >> >> <!doctype html> >> <style> >> div { >> float: left; >> width: 100px; >> height: 100px; >> background: gray; >> margin-right: 40px; >> } >> </style> >> <div></div> >> <ul><li>list-item</li></ul> >> >> That doesn't happen in Firefox or Gecko, though it does in IE9 and Opera >> with Presto>=2.9 or thereabouts. Since changing, we've seen some issues >> popping up in the wild about this (e.g. on Wikipedia). > > I'd like to reiterate this point. It breaks quite a few sites. Examples > from our bug tracker: > > - > http://lifehacker.com/5864004/the-done-manifesto-lays-out-13-ground-rules-for-getting-to-done > - http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=ubuntu > - http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Deventer&oldid=511633874 > > Perhaps a way forward is to place the marker positioning edge flush with > the first line box in the ancestor list item, rather than the border edge. I wonder how IE gets away with it, then? Just letting things break? ~TJ
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