[whatwg] "Any content inside wbr elements must not be considered part of the surrounding text"
Ian Hickson
ian at hixie.ch
Mon Feb 14 01:54:42 PST 2011
On Sun, 13 Feb 2011, Alex Bishop wrote:
>
> The definition of the wbr element says:
>
> > Any content inside wbr elements must not be considered part of the
> > surrounding text.
>
> How's that work? The wbr element is a void element; it can't have any
> content.
Such content is non-conforming (because the content model of <wbr> is
"empty"), but it can still happen, e.g.:
<script>
var w = document.createElement('wbr');
w.textContent = 'invalid and ignored';
document.body.appendChild(w);
</script>
...or, in an XML file:
...<wbr>invalid and ignored</wbr>...
HTH,
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