[css-inline] When does an empty inline suppress the whole line when in a list? #5276
Description
Consider these examples, extracted from a real website.
data:text/html,<!doctype html><ul><li><span></span><p>bar</p></li>data:text/html,<ul><li><span></span><p>bar</p></li>(same as above, but quirks instead of standard mode).data:text/html,<!doctype html><li><span></span><p>bar</p></li>(same as the first example, but with a wrapping<ul>)data:text/html,<li><span></span><p>bar</p></li>(same as above, but quirks)
Browsers seem to disagree on whether the <span> should take space:
- WebKit thinks the
<span>should never take space. - Gecko changes depending on the quirks mode.
- Blink differs depending on whether there's an
<ul>or not (lol). I suspect there's a better explanation for this, cc @kojiishi.
So... It's not clear to me the spec defines this case, but I may be wrong... Browsers clearly disagree even in standards mode.
I think I like WebKit's behavior more, as it's more consistent with how layout works when markers are not involved... I can dig on why Gecko only behaves like this in Quirks mode if needed. But people may have different opinions?