Opera OL bad text align with justify

Question

I'm having a problem with justify alignment of list items (<li>) in an ordered list (<ol>) in Opera. There are different spacings in front of the lines.

Opera version:

• Version: 11.62
• Build: 1347
• Platform: Win32
• System: Windows 7

Screenshots:

(reproduced at jsfiddle.com)

Test code: http://jsfiddle.net/ySmJZ/

ol {
  list-style: decimal;
  margin: 16px 0px;
  padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px;
  text-align: justify;
}

Answer 1

It's a known bug in Opera (CORE-41499). There isn't really a workaround, except to avoid using text-align:justify.

Answer 2

Yes, this is a known bug in Opera (even in 12.01 (x86)), but there IS a workaround, written by deathshadow here:
http://my.opera.com/community/forums/topic.dml?id=1424852&t=1347118644&page=1#comment12696422

Citing:

"One workaround (until/if they fix it) is an extra SPAN or DIV inside the LI wrapping all the content set to display:inline-block; vertical-align:top;"

I tried it, and it really works (at least in Opera 12.01 (x86)):

http://jsfiddle.net/Sk8erPeter/ySmJZ/10/

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