Re:Ask HN: Have you noticed that Google search links are les...
by jiveturkey on Thursday November 08, 2018 @01:18PM
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Yep, confirmed.
When you click within a few vertical pixels of the underline, for click targets that are multiline where only the first line gets the underline, the click gets eaten 100% of the time. I'm sure there are other cases but that's the most obvious since the google search results are formatted like that.
line 1 - title
line 2 - url
the box around line1 && line2 form the click target. the underline only appears when you hover over the target area. if you hit that area between line 1 & line 2, where the underline is drawn, the click is eaten.
UPDATE: it's not eaten. it alternately toggles the underline on or off.
Also, you have to click above the green URL text for the click to toggle the underline. If you click past the edge of the URL text (under the 'le' in the example above), the click works correctly.
When you click within a few vertical pixels of the underline, for click targets that are multiline where only the first line gets the underline, the click gets eaten 100% of the time. I'm sure there are other cases but that's the most obvious since the google search results are formatted like that.
the box around line1 && line2 form the click target. the underline only appears when you hover over the target area. if you hit that area between line 1 & line 2, where the underline is drawn, the click is eaten.UPDATE: it's not eaten. it alternately toggles the underline on or off.
Also, you have to click above the green URL text for the click to toggle the underline. If you click past the edge of the URL text (under the 'le' in the example above), the click works correctly.