Re: [docbook-apps] <a> inside <li> adds white space in Firefox and IE?

[Richard Hamilton <hamilton@xmlpress.net>]

Hi Bob,

Would you also recommend setting the same parameter for ePub (either 2 or 3)?

Thanks,
Dick
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On Apr 25, 2013, at 10:10 AM, Bob Stayton wrote:

> Hi Eric,
> You can ditch the named anchors by setting the stylesheet param 'generate.id.attributes' to 1.  That will add an id to the <li> instead of adding an named anchor after it.
>  
> Now that ids are fully supported in browsers, and version 1.78 fully implements that parameter, this should probably be the default setting.
>  
> Bob Stayton
> Sagehill Enterprises
> bobs@sagehill.net
> 
> From: Eric Nordlund
> Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2013 11:29 PM
> To: docbook-apps@lists.oasis-open.org
> Subject: [docbook-apps] <a> inside <li> adds white space in Firefox and IE?
> 
> Hello.
>  
> I’m having a display issue in Firefox and IE regarding my XHTML output. If a step is a linkend for an xref, the paragraph drops down below the line that has the step number. It’s almost as if the <a> tag is pushing the <p> down. This only happens on steps with the <a> tag, and if I delete the <a> tag the problem goes away. This does not happen in Chrome.
>  
> Has anyone found a fix for this? Here is the HTML below:
>  
> <li class="step" title="Step 4">
> <a id="some_ID" xmlns:saxon="http://icl.com/saxon";></a>
> <p>Some text.</p>
> </li>
>  
> Thanks,
>  
> Eric Nordlund
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