[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        |  Resolution:
 Keywords:                |     Focuses:
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Comment (by lrdn):

 Replying to [comment:2 smerriman]:
 > No, that doesn't work at all, since then you lose the original width
 entirely. A small floated image (less than 50%) with a long caption would
 now have the caption extending past the edge of the image.

 Indeed you're right, I am afraid I didn't test with an image smaller then
 50% of the content width. Thinking about it I also don't quite understand
 the change to using {{{max-width}}} inline instead of {{{width}}} when it
 is much more useful to be defined in the style sheet of a theme to ensure
 compatibility with flexible layouts.

 Of course, one could go ahead and filter the output of the caption
 shortcode but this won't help with old themes as well and really shouldn't
 be necessary for something that should ideally be customizable
 individually.

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