Forum:Link icon comes and goes depending on word wrap

In the blue box in http://solarcooking.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page the links to "the Solar Cooking Archive" and "Solar Cookers International" work just fine, but don't display correctly. The link icon at the end of each is missing, and instead there is an unattractive space before the comma. Also there's a strange character in the middle of the link at the link break.

If I copy this paragraph into the sandbox, I can make it look correct by changing the width of the browser window (IE). Apparently the problem only occurs if the link crosses a line break and part of it is wrapped onto the next line - or if it starts a new line, but it was forced there by the word wrap function.

Oh dear. It works fine in Firefox but I've seen it in both IE6 and IE7. Is this a bug, or am I doing something wrong?

Thanks. Beth Ogilvie 01:28, 20 December 2006 (UTC)


 * I believe it is a known issue in IE. What you can do is either use class="plainlinks" (which removes the icon, but keeps them a slightly off-blue color), or make the links shorter, like: "the Solar Cooking Archive (link)". --Splarka (talk) 04:15, 20 December 2006 (UTC)


 * I've looked for examples of class="plainlinks" and they're all inside a table {| .... |} . Is there another way to insert this command?  Thanks.  Beth Ogilvie 04:57, 20 December 2006 (UTC)


 * You can put them into almost any html element that can contain links. For example:

the Solar Cooking Archive
 * Produces:

the Solar Cooking Archive
 * --Splarka (talk) 05:50, 20 December 2006 (UTC)


 * Thank you! --Beth Ogilvie 16:31, 20 December 2006 (UTC)