iPhone Safari line breaking bug, and unimplemented CSS

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iPhone Safari line breaking bug, and unimplemented CSS

I found a bug in the iPhone Safari line wrapping logic. It breaks between the following two chars: ?"

I tried to solve it with CSS (white-space: nowrap) and HTML (<nobr>), but both do not work.

A live example: http://www.webdevout.net/test?0q&raw

Any idea how to solve it?

Can anyone running OS v3 see if it happens with it as well?

Message was edited by: steppx

iPhone/iPod touch, Windows XP

Posted on Jun 10, 2009 7:57 PM

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K T

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Jun 10, 2009 11:18 PM in response to steppx

steppx wrote:
I found a bug in the iPhone Safari line wrapping logic.

Have you filed a bug report?

http://developer.apple.com/support/iphone/bugreports/

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steppx Author

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Jun 11, 2009 9:26 AM in response to K T

K T wrote:

Have you filed a bug report?

No, not yet. It's possible it was fixed in v3.

Did you look at the page? Does it happen for you as well?

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K T

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Jun 11, 2009 9:32 AM in response to steppx

It's possible it was fixed in v3.

Have you checked the latest API diffs?

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steppx Author

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Jun 11, 2009 9:37 AM in response to K T

No. I think you have to pay to access that? (And I'm just talking about the plain browser.)

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K T

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Jun 11, 2009 9:42 AM in response to steppx

Bug reports get you feedback...checking the diffs gets you current. That's why these tools (and others - also coffee) exist - to help reduce speculation, tail-chasing, etc.

Suggest you get into the habit to help you get with a leg up on your development, save your time, etc.

Good luck w/your projects.

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Jun 11, 2009 9:59 AM in response to K T

I filed a bug report, as you suggested. Still, typically when I face a problem I look for feedback and help from other users. Experience shows that way is much more useful in most cases.

That APIDiff is not accessible to me. Is that a list of API changes or a general changelog? It sounds like the former, where you wouldn't expect to see a list of Safari bug fixes.

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Jun 11, 2009 11:00 AM in response to steppx

It's breaking because you're starting a new paragraph. That's what the p tag does whether you close the previous one or not.

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K T

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Jun 11, 2009 11:32 AM in response to steppx

Is that a list of API changes or a general changelog? It sounds like the former, where you wouldn't expect to see a list of Safari bug fixes.

Just another tool in the process of sleuthing bugs. First you look where you can, then you process what you've found, grooming your instincts, then you narrow suspects. Like any bug hunt, you can't find if you don't look (asking someone else "Did you see that?!!" isn't my idea of looking) 🙂

Do you have the Safari 'Debug' util menu installed?

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Jun 11, 2009 2:47 PM in response to K T

It's not so much a bug as it is a failure to comprehend basic HTML before attempting to write it.

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Jun 11, 2009 3:23 PM in response to RanjeetJones

There's no P tag between the question mark and double quotes.

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Jun 11, 2009 3:33 PM in response to steppx

There's no line break there on my screen, either.

WebKit is an open source project which anyone and their mother can file bugs against. You're going to have to come up with a reproducible test case if you want yours to get any attention. Posting here won't help anything.

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K T

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Jun 11, 2009 3:38 PM in response to RanjeetJones

It's not so much a bug as it is a failure to comprehend

I'll agree on the 'failure to comprehend' part, thanks 🙂

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