[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #17044: div.wp-caption shortcode should have width of img, rather than add +10px

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#17044: div.wp-caption shortcode should have width of img, rather than add +10px
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 Reporter:  mgk25              |       Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)       |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal             |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Shortcodes         |     Version:  3.1
 Severity:  normal             |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  close 2nd-opinion  |
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Comment (by oncletom):

 Replying to [comment:12 azaozz]:
 > Replying to [comment:9 oncletom]:
 > > ... (which is there since 3.1, it means many themes did not have this
 10px in mind BEFORE 3.1 – breaking things since this time does not seem to
 be problematic though)
 >
 > The extra 10px have been there since the introduction of image captions
 in [http://wordpress.org/news/2008/07/wordpress-26-tyner/ 2.6], four years
 ago :)

 Oh come on, please provide me pros and cons but not such a foolish thing.
 It has been around since 4 years and so what? If it had been bad for 4
 years, is it a reason to keep it?

 This property being inlined is very hard to override because it is
 inlined.

 >
 > Still haven't seen a single case where removing these 10px would make
 styling images with captions any easier/better, or even any different.
 Removing the width completely will make some difference for floated
 images, however there doesn't seem to be a straightforward way to center a
 caption without it.

 I don't ask to remove the width. Just about **removing the extra 10
 pixels** of the real width.

 If other people did not complain does not justify the fact *things are
 good, we don't touch them even if this is the matter of this issue*.

 Seriously.

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