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  1. MusicBrainz Server
  2. MBS-8066

"Date" field wraps inconsistently in different browsers

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    • 2014-12-15
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      When viewing a page that displays a "Date" column, if a row is too long to fit on a single line, the "Date" column wraps inconsistently in different browsers. In general, the Date does not wrap in Firefox or Opera, but does wrap in Chrome, Safari, and IE.

      The expected behavior is that consistent wrapping occurs across browsers. In my opinion, the desired behavior is for the date to not wrap in any browser, as the resulting display is aesthetically more pleasing. Since dates are never more than 10 characters, this should not cause any messed-up formatting in other columns.

      Example page: https://musicbrainz.org/release-group/38b4c840-16ce-40fa-b7c0-a354b7c87178
      This page is particularly impacted by the very long disambiguation of "Columbia". Viewing this page in different browsers will demonstrate the issue.

      Discussion of the issue here: http://forums.musicbrainz.org/viewtopic.php?id=5382

      Browser testing results:

      browser (os) "date" no wrap reporter
      Chrome 39.0.2171.71 m (Windows 7 aerozol
      Chrome Canary 41.0.2225.0 (Mac OS) bflaminio
      Chromium 37.0.2030.0 (274731) (Windows 7) jesus2099
      Firefox 30 (Windows 7) jesus2099
      Firefox 33.1.1 (Windows 7) jesus2099
      Firefox 34 (Windows 7) jesus2099
      Firefox 34 (Windows 8.1) Rovastar
      Internet Explorer 8 (Windows 7) jesus2099
      Internet Explorer 11 (Windows 7) bflaminio
      Opera 12.17 (Windows 7) jesus2099, bflaminio
      Opera 12.17 (Windows XP) jesus2099
      Opera 26 Rovastar
      Safari (Windows) bflaminio
      Safari 8 (Mac OS) bflaminio

            jesus2099 jesus2099
            bflaminio Bob Flaminio
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                2014-12-15