[Webkit-unassigned] [Bug 21653] whole page has incorrect layout

Mon Oct 24 08:30:16 PDT 2011

https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21653

Tab Atkins <tabatkins at google.com> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|UNCONFIRMED                 |RESOLVED
         Resolution|                            |INVALID
                 CC|                            |tabatkins at google.com

--- Comment #2 from Tab Atkins <tabatkins at google.com>  2011-10-24 08:30:16 PST ---
The referenced site no longer seems to have a problem, but based on the attached testcase, this is expected behavior.

Here is an inline variant of the testcase (slightly altered for readability only):

<!DOCTYPE html>
<div id=container>
  <div id=float>I'm a float!</div>
</div>
<div id=following>I'm the last thing on the page!</div>
<style>
#container { width: 500px; border: thick dotted red; }
#float { float: left; width: 500px; height: 200px; background: silver; }
#following { width: 500px; height: 200px; background: cornflowerblue; display: table; }
</style>

Because #container is not a BFC, it will not contain its float.  You can see by its border that it is zero-height.  Thus, any following content will go directly below it, *not* below the float unless the 'clear' property is used.

(Depending on exactly how you structure the testcase, it may *look* like the content goes below the float, if the following content is not a BFC and contains text.)

As such, I'm marking this as INVALID, since this is expected behavior.

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