[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #43123: Default captions should NOT use max-width

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#43123: Default captions should NOT use max-width
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 Reporter:  smerriman     |      Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)  |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal        |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Media         |    Version:  4.9
 Severity:  normal        |   Keywords:
  Focuses:                |
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 In #33981, the default caption output had the inline style changed from
 width: xx to max-width: xx, "to improve compatibility with flexible
 layouts."

 I have written a large number of themes that includes this extremely basic
 style:

 {{{
 .alignleft, .alignright {max-width:50%;}
 }}}

 This ensures floated images, regardless of whether they are with or
 without a caption, never take up more than 50% of the column width,
 allowing enough space for text to wrap around them regardless of the
 screen size.

 The change has completely broken this behavior, with the inline style
 overriding the CSS.

 The old output for creating captions has been around for a huge number of
 years, and never had any issues with "flexible layouts" - just add a max-
 width:100% in the CSS if you need to.

 I would like to request this is changed back to the original behavior.

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