Re: lynx-dev Unhiding links

[Philip Webb]

001226 mannix wrote:
> On Tue, 26 Dec 2000 address@hidden wrote:
>> using lynx2.8.4dev.15, if you have an HTML tag within an (a href=) statement,
>> the link becomes hidden: eg
>>   <a href="clickme"><center>click me</center></a>
>> It goes away if I remove the "<center>" and "</center>".
> 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: eg
>   <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?

using 2-8-3dev.8 with the tagsoup option, both the above show as links
(i added them at to the example in today's other query):

   [1]____________________ [2]Confirm [3]
   
                                   click me
                                       
   [4]click me

References

   1. form field = text entry field
   2. form field = submit button
   3. file://localhost/home/purslow/tmp/clickme
   4. file://localhost/home/purslow/tmp/somelink

note that the former centres the linkname correctly;
both these (last two) link numbers & names are in boldface type;
i don't have colors enabled & don't know how to do that.
are either of you using tagsoup (see the Options Menu)?

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