Re: [css-text] Collapsing whitespace at the end of a line

On 09/10/2015 01:36 PM, Tab Atkins Jr. wrote:
> According to <https://drafts.csswg.org/css-text/#collapse>, whitespace
> preceding a segment break is removed.  However, it appears that
> browsers instead collapse it to one space.
>
> Here's an example using 'white-space':
>
> <div style="white-space: pre-line;">a
> z</div>
>
> (Just in case the email client trims things, there's a space at the
> end of the first line, after the "a".)
>
> Here's an example using <br>:
>
> <div style="white-space: pre-line;">a <br>z</div>
>
> In both of these examples, if you highlight the "a" and then drag
> slightly rightward, you'll see it highlight a space character as well.
> This happens in both Chrome and Firefox.
>
> This sgugests that browsers are not following the "preceding" part of
> step 1 in that section, and are instead falling down to step 4, where
> runs of spaces are collapsed down to a single visible space.
>
> Is there a particular reason for this?  Should we adjust the spec to
> match implementations, or file bugs on implementations to match the
> spec?

I'm inclined to file bugs on implementations to match the spec,
since that seems like kinda weird behavior. Why preserve the
space before the break but not after it? o_O

~fantasai

Received on Thursday, 18 August 2016 05:30:56 UTC