Report more-helpful message for *No p element in scope but a p end tag seen*

[evanorsouw]

When checking the site whitemagic.it the following error is reported;

Error: No p element in scope but a p end tag seen. From line 117, column 17; to line 117, column 20

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It appears this is an invalid error.

[sideshowbarker]

Please post the source of a document or document fragment that causes this error to be emitted

Mostly likely this is reported because the document has something like this:

<p>
  <ul>
  …
  </ul>
</p>

In that case what that document really looks like, as seen by an HTML parser, is this:

<p></p>
  <ul>
  …
  </ul>
</p>

That’s because, the way HTML works is, a <ul> start tag implies a </p> close tag for any open p elements.

[cvrebert]

I feel like a FAQ for "p was implicitly closed by open tag of element disallowed by p's content model, thus making the explicit p close tag unmatched" is merited at this point. It seems to come up frequently on the issue tracker. Maybe with a link to other linter(s) that give more comprehensible error messages in that case.

[evanorsouw]

Chris, you hit the spot right on. <p><ul></ul></p> is exactly what the html looks like. I guess there is a lot of html legacy at play, so I am fine with your explanation. Your suggestion to somehow improve the error message seems valid to prevent wasting time in the future as much as possible. Thx for the swift response.

[cvrebert]

Erm, Michael was the one who diagnosed your problem.

[evanorsouw]

ah yeah, my bad, thanks michael.