[Rt-devel] Small patch to /Elements/MakeClicky

[Robert Spier]

Tim Cutts wrote:
> 
> Some users of mine didn't like the fact that we're using a space every  
> 30 characters instead of using <wbr>, because it means copying and  
> pasting the URL as displayed (rather than clicking on it) doesn't work  
> correctly.
> 
> Now, I realise that <wbr> is a bit broken on some browsers, but Google  
> found what appears to be a useful workaround for those broken  
> browsers, which is to use a bit of CSS.  I could put that into each  
> theme, but because this is a theme-independent thing, I've done it as  
> inline CSS - I hope that isn't too abhorrent.  I've also modified the  
> regex to put the <wbr> at each / in the URL, or every 30 non-/  
> characters, which most of the time makes it put the line breaks in a  
> more meaningful location.
> 
> The patch is as follows:
> 
> --- share/html/Elements/MakeClicky	2009-02-03 11:53:02.000000000 +0000
> +++ local/html/Elements/MakeClicky	2009-03-05 17:52:30.000000000 +0000
> @@ -60,9 +60,11 @@
>       },
>       url_overwrite => sub {
>           my %args = @_;
> -        my $result = qq{<a target="new" href="$args{'value'}">};
> -        #XXX: use spaces here. &shy; <wbr> are not well supported :(
> -        $args{'value'} =~ s/(\S{30})/$1 /g;
> +	# Inline CSS is a fix for wbr in Opera/Safari, from
> +	# http://gojomo.blogspot.com/2005/03/cross-browser-invisible-word-break-in.html
> +	# and comments thereon
> +        my $result = qq{<a style="wbr { display: inline-block; }"  
> target="new" href="$args{'value'}">};

Wouldn't it be cleaner to just define

.clickylink a wbr { display: inline-block; } in the main CSS?  

> +        $args{'value'} =~ s:(/|[^/]{30}):$1<wbr>:g;
>           $result .= qq{$args{'value'}</a>};
>           return qq{<span class="clickylink">$result</span>};
>       },
> 
> So far I have tested this on Safari 4.0, Firefox 3.0.7 and IE 7, and  
> it seems to be OK...
> 
> Have I missed something?
> 
> Tim
> 
> 
> 
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