Last modified: 2012-09-27 01:10:39 UTC
Created attachment 7331 [details] Tab separation in IE8 Steps to reproduce : 1) Access following page through IE 8 http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Village_pump 2) Click Edit tab 3) Check the tabs Tab separation is not clear Expected Outcome: Tab separation shall be clear in Edit mode and comparable with other browsers.
Added Naoko to CC list and included tested URL.
This was noticed in File Discussion (tab) mode too. Steps to reproduce : 1) Access a random file 2) Click Discussion tab 3) Check the tabs The separation is not clear. Please see the attachment.
Created attachment 7332 [details] Tab separation in File Discussion mode
*** Bug 23249 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
First off, this is not a bug in Vector - this also breaks Monobook and any other skin for that matter. This is what happens when we don't validate user-generated HTML content before merging it into more HTML. This was caused specifically by a revision made to MediaWiki:Anoneditwarning by a user named "The Evil IP address" http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=MediaWiki:Anoneditwarning&oldid=37456266 This user added text which opened and did not close a span which had class="plainlinks". Most browsers noticed this and closed it automatically upon the closing of that span's parent container, but IE freaked out and made all elements defined thereafter classified with "plainlinks" - which blanks the background image and turns margins into 0. This is also why the logo did not appear on pages which displayed the MediaWiki:Anoneditwarning content. I've gone ahead and fixed the problem. http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=MediaWiki:Anoneditwarning&oldid=38255976
And another fix to the same effect... http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=MediaWiki:Anoneditwarning&oldid=38257627
