Maniphest T20851

HTMLtidy moves whitespace around
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	TheDJ
	May 20 2009, 9:54 AM

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HTML tidy moves whitespace around, including in some cases where this is not desirable, for instance:

en:Template:Coord/link

"<span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span>" is changed to " <span class="geo-multi-punct">/</span> ". This is not desirable because this span is "display:none" for most people, but HTMLtidy makes the spaces show up in elements that are visible by default. The only way to fix this atm seems to be to use "<span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span>", which is terrible of course. It would be nice if this part of HTMLtidy could be disabled, since it is supposed to be non-visual cosmetic cleanup done by HTMLtidy, but turns out to be visual in en.wp in some conditions.

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Reference: bz18851

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Mentioned In: T89331: Replace HTML4 Tidy in MW parser with an equivalent HTML5 based tool

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• bzimport raised the priority of this task from to Low.Nov 21 2014, 10:41 PM

• bzimport added a project: MediaWiki-Parser.

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TheDJ created this task.May 20 2009, 9:54 AM

tstarling mentioned this in T89331: Replace HTML4 Tidy in MW parser with an equivalent HTML5 based tool.Sep 8 2015, 4:38 AM

Danny_B added a project: Tidy.May 28 2016, 10:32 AM

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Danny_B removed a parent task: T4542: [DO NOT USE] HTML Tidy issues (tracking) [superseded by the #Tidy tag].May 28 2016, 10:50 AM

This is also tracked by the https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Extension:Linter/tidy-whitespace-bug linter category. Once Tidy is replaced, this will cease to be an issue.