IE6 NOBR bug (consistant across different browsers)

W

Woody

I have an internet explorer 6 bug that is causing me problems.

Here is an example:

<HTML>
<BODY>
Do the VHF System test <NOBR>( <A
HREF="link.xml">123456789S012-345-678-90-12-3456-78901</A>) </NOBR> on the
equipment.
</BODY>
</HTML>

The problem is that if that is loaded into IE and you start reducing the
width of the window, just after the link moves to the second line it will
dissapear completely and then reappear a few pixels later.

Couldn't find anywhere on microsofts web site to report it.

I am using IE 6.0.280.1106.xpsp2.030422-1633 but I have also seen it happen
on other browsers.

Changing the length of the title gets rid of the problem but unfortunately I
cannot do that.
 
G

Guest

Woody said:
I have an internet explorer 6 bug that is causing me problems.

Here is an example:

<HTML>
<BODY>
Do the VHF System test <NOBR>( <A
HREF="link.xml">123456789S012-345-678-90-12-3456-78901</A>) </NOBR> on the
equipment.
</BODY>
</HTML>

The problem is that if that is loaded into IE and you start reducing the
width of the window, just after the link moves to the second line it will
dissapear completely and then reappear a few pixels later.
Click to expand...

<NOBR> is not a legal HTML tag, per W3C.

Perhaps it is conflicting with the DTD on the page in question?

You can accomplish the same effect by enclosing within a table and adding the
'nowrap' attribute to the <td> or <th> tag.
 
W

Woody

<NOBR> is not a legal HTML tag, per W3C.
Click to expand...

I know that and sadly I can't do anything about it - it is a supported IE6
tag though.
Perhaps it is conflicting with the DTD on the page in question?
Click to expand...

It appears not - ie, it doesn't matter what the DTD is.
You can accomplish the same effect by enclosing within a table and
adding the 'nowrap' attribute to the <td> or <th> tag.
Click to expand...

I found that wherever nowrapping occured it caused that problem - I tried
using the css style version of it as well and that did the same thing.
I couldn't put it in a table as the original is already in a nested table
and the only thing that cant wrap is the link title.

In the end I discovered it didn't happen if I removed all of the space
within the NOBR tags so for now it is fixed, although I guess I should
report it to microsoft somehow.

Thanks
 

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