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Re: lynx-dev Unhiding links
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mannix |
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Re: lynx-dev Unhiding links |
Date: |
Tue, 26 Dec 2000 17:46:13 -0500 (EST) |
On Tue, 26 Dec 2000 address@hidden wrote:
> > I apologize if this issue has been addressed before. I stumbled onto
> > an HTML page using lynx that would not highlight my links. After
> > observing the HTML, it appears that if you have an HTML tag within
> > an (a href=) statement, the link becomes hidden. example:
> > <a href="clickme"><center>click me</center></a>
> I replicated the behavior using lynx2.8.4dev.15. It goes away
> if I remove the "<center>" and "</center>". I'll let one of
> the HTML lawyers rule on whether it's legal to have <center>
> within an anchor. Regardless, I consider it poor error recovery
> on Lynx's part not to display the "click me" text as a link.
I agree that it is poor error recovery not to catch such instances,
though placing a CENTER tag inside an A[nchor] tag is both poor
style and disallowed by the HTML 4.01 spec.
I am more concerned that this behavior replicates in cases where
the nested HTML markup involves the FONT tag --
<a href="some link"><font color="#000000">click me</font></a>
-- as this a common construct in "coloring" links independently
of the LINK attribute to the BODY tag. Does the above example
trigger a similar disappearing act?
- don b.
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