STR #1549: Fl_Help_View: tables causing text indent problems

STR #1549

Application:	FLTK Library
Status:	1 - Closed w/Resolution
Priority:	3 - Moderate, e.g. unable to compile the software
Scope:	3 - Applies to all machines and operating systems
Subsystem:	Core Library
Summary:	Fl_Help_View: tables causing text indent problems
Version:	1.1-current
Created By:	greg.ercolano
Assigned To:	mike
Fix Version:	1.1-current (SVN: v5643)
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Trouble Report Files:

#1	greg.ercolano 08:23 Dec 23, 2006

foo.png
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#2	greg.ercolano 08:23 Dec 23, 2006

foo2.html
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#3	mike 11:38 Jan 28, 2007

str1549.patch
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Trouble Report Comments:

#1	greg.ercolano 08:23 Dec 23, 2006

When a table appears withing a <UL> </UL> block, when the table closes, the indenting level is lost, causing all text that follows to be flush left, or off screen. I know the HTML abilities are limited, but this is simple stuff, and used to work in 1.1.6.

#2	greg.ercolano 08:24 Dec 23, 2006

BTW, the screenshots are using the test/help program, eg: ./help /var/tmp/foo2.html ..to load the attached HTML example.

#3	mike 08:32 Jan 20, 2007

Well, that isn't valid HTML (only LI is allowed directly under UL...), but I'll see what I can do. At the very least the left margin shouldn't go negative... :)

#4	greg.ercolano 02:14 Jan 25, 2007

> Well, that isn't valid HTML.. Yes, don't get me started ;) According to HTML purists, <BLOCKQUOTE>, <DL>, <UL> are all hacks and wrong to achieve indenting. After all these years there's still no "proper" way to indent text in pure HTML.. so we all just fall back to doing whatever works. IMHO the HTML spec is fatally flawed for omitting such an obvious practical need, which is why browsers seem to support this universally.

#5	mike 11:38 Jan 28, 2007

Fixed in Subversion repository. I added a simple margin class to track the changes to the margins better; it seems to have cleared up all of the problems in your example and the FLTK documentation.