Underline doesn’t work inside ligatures

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I noticed that if I underline a character that is part of a ligature (like the i in the pair fi), that underline is ignored, unless it is inside another pair of html tags.

Try for example la f<i>i</i>glia / la f<u>i</u>glia / la f<i><u>i</u></i>glia to see the differences. (I had a screenshot, but I’m not allowed to post images or links here.)

Is this a known bug and is there a workaround? la f<u><i></i>i</u>glia doesn’t do the trick.

This problem occurs on version 2.1.55 (01caec2a)⁩ (Qt 6) and Windows 10, though I also noticed it in earlier releases.

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Anki 2.1.55 (01caec2a) Python 3.9.15 Qt 6.4.0 PyQt 6.4.0
Platform: Windows-10-10.0.19045
Flags: frz=True ao=False sv=2
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Well, I’ve found a workaround. (But i can no longer edit my first post or the thread title?)

Adding the tag <wbr> between the letters of the ligature breaks it up so Anki doesn’t try to show it as a ligature, but displays it as two separate letters, which in my case means that one letter is underlined and the other isn’t.