Re: lynx-dev Unhiding links

[James Elkinton]

On Tue, 26 Dec 2000, mannix wrote:

> 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?

Dunno... I've actually never thought of doing anything to an anchor. 
I've always treated it as almost sacred. :) If I want a link
centered, colored, bold, italic, or whatever, putting the tags
outside the anchor works just fine...and shouldn't violate any specs.

In other words:

  <FONT COLOR="#000000"><A HREF="some link">click me</A></FONT>

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