Bug 263494

Summary:	Support text-wrap: balance with floats
Product:	WebKit	Reporter:	Tim Nguyen (:ntim) <ntim>
Component:	Layout and Rendering	Assignee:	Nobody <webkit-unassigned>
Status:	NEW
Severity:	Normal	CC:	bfulgham, chriskirknielsen+wkbugs, simon.fraser, vitor.roriz, webkit-bug-importer, zalan
Priority:	P2	Keywords:	InRadar
Version:	WebKit Nightly Build
Hardware:	Unspecified
OS:	Unspecified

Tim Nguyen (:ntim)

Reported 2023-10-20 22:53:04 PDT

See WPTs: imported/w3c/web-platform-tests/css/css-text/white-space/text-wrap-balance-float-001.html [ ImageOnlyFailure ] imported/w3c/web-platform-tests/css/css-text/white-space/text-wrap-balance-float-002.html [ ImageOnlyFailure ] imported/w3c/web-platform-tests/css/css-text/white-space/text-wrap-balance-float-003.html [ ImageOnlyFailure ] imported/w3c/web-platform-tests/css/css-text/white-space/text-wrap-balance-float-004.html [ ImageOnlyFailure ] imported/w3c/web-platform-tests/css/css-text/white-space/text-wrap-balance-float-005.html [ ImageOnlyFailure ]

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Radar WebKit Bug Importer

Comment 1 2023-10-20 22:53:12 PDT

<rdar://problem/117295008>

Tim Nguyen (:ntim)

Comment 2 2023-10-20 22:55:01 PDT

There is a Knuth-Plass based algorithm implemented at https://github.com/WebKit/WebKit/pull/16455 which might make it easier to support floats.

Christopher Kirk-Nielsen

Comment 3 2025-11-05 19:39:05 PST

Found this bug before filing my own, it's sadly still an issue, at least in Safari 18.1. Here's a minimal test case if helpful: https://codepen.io/chriskirknielsen/pen/LEGoLwo

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