[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #25646: figcaption should not be treated as a block by wpautop() (was: Paragraph and linebreak elements get added when using figure, a, img and figcaption)

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#25646: figcaption should not be treated as a block by wpautop()
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 Reporter:  laacz         |       Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:  3.9
Component:  Formatting    |     Version:  3.6.1
 Severity:  normal        |  Resolution:
 Keywords:                |
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Changes (by nacin):

 * milestone:  Awaiting Review => 3.9


Comment:

 Thanks for the report, laacz. Looks like there are two distinct bugs here.

  * The closing `</p>` looks exactly like #25785 (see also #849, #3007,
 #3833, #4857).

  * figcaption is being treated as a block-level element by wpautop(), and
 you don't want it to be. figcaption is an interesting element — it must be
 either the first or last child of figure. Otherwise, figure contains flow
 content. Figcaption is neither block-like or flow-like in and of itself,
 it's just an extension of figure. So we should not be treating it as
 block-level, you are right.

 I'm going to tweak the summary of this bug report slightly to reflect a
 focus on the second bullet.

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