Re: [RFC/PATCH] gitweb: Fix nested links problem with ref markers

["Giuseppe Bilotta" <giuseppe.bilotta@gmail.com>]

On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 5:39 AM, Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 14 Jan 2009, Giuseppe Bilotta wrote:
>> On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 7:17 PM, Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On Tue, 13 Jan 2009, Giuseppe Bilotta wrote:
>
>>>> Can you provide a patch I can apply to my tree for testing to see how
>>>> it comes up?
>>>
>>> Here it is. Note that CSS could be I think reduced. The size of
>>> gitweb.perl changes is affected by changing calling convention for
>>> git_print_header_html subroutine.
>>
>> It's funny, I was working on a very similar patch myself a couple of
>> days ago, but couldn't get the horizontal filler after the link to
>> work properly, which is why I asked on www-style.
>>
>> I'll test your patch and let you know.
>
> I am checking 'log' view of git repository; it should have enough
> ref markers to test this issue.
>
> It works also in Konqueror 3.5.3-0.2.fc4...
>
>>> There is also strange artifact at least in Mozilla 1.17.2: if I hover
>>> over ref marker, the subject (title) gets darker background. Curious...
>>
>> Might be some kind of bug with the capturing vs bubbling phase.
>
> ...but the same artifact can be seen too.  Also I am not entirely
> pleased with the way things behave on mouseover.  It is a pity that
> you cannot style element using CSS2.1 based on the pseudo-class :hover
> of descendant element, or/and pseudo-class of sibling element, which
> nevertheless overlays given element.

I know, I've been needing something like this in other occasion. And
that's precisely what I was talking about for the limits of CSS, and
why I really wonder if the illegal XHMTL but valid XML shouldn't
rather be our option ...



-- 
Giuseppe "Oblomov" Bilotta