Twenty Sixteen shows redundant borders for table in 5.3

[noyle]

I don't know if Twenty Sixteen theme is still supported by WP 5.3 or if the theme problem should be reported here, but..

As of WP 5.3, the Gutenberg table block is inserted within a figure tag

<figure class="wp-block-table is-style-regular">
<table class=...
...
</figure>

but only bare table is inserted in WP prior 5.3. So the CSS for displaying a figure tag will add extra borders in top & left in WP 5.3 with the Twenty Sixteen theme.

See this link for example: ​https://noyle.home.blog/2019/11/19/19/.

There could be other blocks start getting a figure tag wrapper around themselves which will show a top and a left border for them. And the affected themes should not be limited to Twenty Sixteen.

[nielslange]

Editor - default style - before

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Editor - default style - after

[nielslange]

Editor - stripes style - before

[nielslange]

Editor - stripes style - after

[nielslange]

Post - default style - before

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Post - default style - after

[nielslange]

Post - stripes style - before

[nielslange]

Post - stripes style - after

[nielslange]

@noyle Thank you very much for reporting this issue! Could you test is the patch fixed the reported issue on your end?

[noyle]

Thanks for looking into it and sorry for a separated reply.

I've applied patches for the two CSS files in my local site that is upgraded from 5.2. The block editor now shows correctly for strips style table. However in the front end, default style table now shows extra borders. Firefox calculates the border width as 3px for that <figure> block.

[noyle]

Fresh new install of WordPress 5.3 and applied the patch.

[noyle]

Fresh new install of WordPress 5.3 and applied the patch. The look under admin.

[noyle]

Hi @nielslange, I've uploaded two more screenshots from a new WordPress 5.3 install with provided patch, in Firefox. Both default table and strips table have undesired borders.

HTML codos are:

<figure class="wp-block-table"><table class=""><tbody><tr><td>default</td><td>table</td></tr><tr><td>row</td><td>two</td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>last</td><td>row</td></tr></tbody></table></figure>

<figure class="wp-block-table is-style-stripes"><table class=""><tbody><tr><td>stripes</td><td>table</td></tr><tr><td>row</td><td>two</td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>last</td><td>row</td></tr></tbody></table></figure>

[audrasjb]

Hi,

@nielslange, as ticket owner and given 5.3.1 RC is scheduled for Tuesday, do you think the patch would make it for 5.3.1? Are you available to test the proposed patch? We'll need a decision on this ticket as soon as possible. Thanks!

[nielslange]

Hi,

@nielslange, as ticket owner and given 5.3.1 RC is scheduled for Tuesday, do you think the patch would make it for 5.3.1? Are you available to test the proposed patch? We'll need a decision on this ticket as soon as possible. Thanks!

Hello @audrasjb, while I cannot see a proposed patch, I can create a patch, based on @noyle's feedback. I'll do that later today.

[audrasjb]

Hi,

With 5.4 Beta 3 approaching and the Beta period reserved for bugs introduced during the cycle, this is being moved to Future Release. If any maintainer or committer feels this should be included or wishes to assume ownership during a specific cycle, feel free to update the milestone accordingly.

[sabernhardt]

Thank you for the report and your efforts!

This apparently was fixed in r48074 (ticket:50180) for WordPress 5.5.