129686 2014-03-04 08:58:56 -0800 <audio> element takes space even with display:none 2015-02-19 10:41:55 -0800 1 1 1 Unclassified WebKit DOM 528+ (Nightly build) iPhone / iPad iOS 7.0 RESOLVED WORKSFORME http://jsbin.com/iphonebug/1 P2 Normal --- 1 andreyklinger+webkit webkit-unassigned dbates eric.carlson jer.noble tonikitoo oldest_to_newest 986834 0 andreyklinger+webkit 2014-03-04 08:58:56 -0800 Tested on Safari on iOS 7.06 <div style="border: 1px solid red"> a<audio style="display:none; border: 1px solid green"></audio>b </div> 1070331 1 dbates 2015-02-18 21:11:37 -0800 I am neither able to reproduce this issue using the iOS Simulator to simulate an iPhone 5s running iOS 8.1 (12B411) with system WebKit nor using the same simulator device with a debug build of WebKit r180217. That is, the <audio> element is not displayed and takes no visual space such that there is no whitespace between the characters 'a' and 'b' in the text rendered on the page described by the markup in comment 0. 1070437 2 eric.carlson 2015-02-19 10:41:55 -0800 (In reply to comment #0) > Tested on Safari on iOS 7.06 > > <div style="border: 1px solid red"> > a<audio style="display:none; border: 1px solid green"></audio>b > </div> This was fixed in iOS8 when the media element backend was completely rewritten.