15048 2011-12-02 22:06:53 +0000 Correct br element rule in user agent stylesheet 2011-12-05 10:44:51 +0000 1 1 1 Unclassified HTML WG HTML5 spec unspecified All All RESOLVED WONTFIX P3 normal --- 1 sylvaing ian annevk dbaron ian jackalmage mike public-html-admin public-html-wg-issue-tracking public-html-bugzilla oldest_to_newest 60858 0 sylvaing 2011-12-02 22:06:53 +0000 In section 10.3.4 [1], we current have: br { content: '\A'; white-space: pre; } It should be: br::before { content: '\A'; white-space: pre-line; } http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/Overview.html#phrasing-content-1 60884 1 ian 2011-12-03 03:56:49 +0000 EDITOR'S RESPONSE: This is an Editor's Response to your comment. If you are satisfied with this response, please change the state of this bug to CLOSED. If you have additional information and would like the editor to reconsider, please reopen this bug. If you would like to escalate the issue to the full HTML Working Group, please add the TrackerRequest keyword to this bug, and suggest title and text for the tracker issue; or you may create a tracker issue yourself, if you are able to do so. For more details, see this document: http://dev.w3.org/html5/decision-policy/decision-policy.html Status: Rejected Change Description: no spec change Rationale: The current rule is as intended. The whole element's contents get replaced by the newline, now the ::before pseudo. (This relies on CSS3 Generated Content which applies 'content' to all elements, not just pseudos.) 60889 2 annevk 2011-12-03 09:00:03 +0000 In particular, if you would use ::before elements inserted into <br> through the DOM would end up being rendered, which is not what you want. 60935 3 zcorpan 2011-12-05 10:40:52 +0000 Any difference between using 'pre' and 'pre-line'? 60936 4 annevk 2011-12-05 10:44:08 +0000 Not if the sole content is a newline. 60937 5 annevk 2011-12-05 10:44:51 +0000 The difference is observable of course through getComputedStyle().