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Bug 10178 - In the DOM tree visualisation the doctype node is presented weird: The string "html" is marked up like a reference to the definition of the HTML element; like it is done with all following nodes. That just leads to a doubled link to the HTML element defin
Summary: In the DOM tree visualisation the doctype node is presented weird: The string...
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: HTML WG
Classification: Unclassified
Component: pre-LC1 HTML5 spec (editor: Ian Hickson) (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: Other other
: P3 normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Ian 'Hixie' Hickson
QA Contact: HTML WG Bugzilla archive list
URL: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/...
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Reported: 2010-07-15 17:48 UTC by contributor
Modified: 2010-10-04 14:57 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

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Description contributor 2010-07-15 17:48:39 UTC 
Section: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/#intro-early-example

Comment:
In the DOM tree visualisation the doctype node is presented weird: The string
"html" is marked up like a reference to the definition of the HTML element;
like it is done with all following nodes. That just leads to a doubled link to
the HTML element definition. I would expect the complete string "DOCTYPE:
html" to link to a section about the doctype. Or at least that no substring
links to the HTML element, since the doctype has nothing to do with the that
element.

Posted from: 92.226.57.95
Comment 1 Ian 'Hixie' Hickson 2010-09-08 00:45:43 UTC 
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Status: Accepted
Change Description: see diff given below
Rationale: Historically it actually did have to do with that element -- in SGML and XML, <!DOCTYPE foo> means the root element is <foo>. However, I've removed the link to reduce confusion.
Comment 2 contributor 2010-09-08 00:47:31 UTC 
Checked in as WHATWG revision r5436.
Check-in comment: xref confusion
http://html5.org/tools/web-apps-tracker?from=5435&to=5436