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Avoid invalid empty actions span in summary list
When a summary list has actions in only some of the rows, we currently include an empty `span` with the `govuk-summary-list__actions` class in the rows that do not have actions: ``` dl.govuk-summary-list div.govuk-summary-list__row dt.govuk-summary-list__key dd.govuk-summary-list__value dd.govuk-summary-list__actions <-- List of actions div.govuk-summary-list__row dt.govuk-summary-list__key dd.govuk-summary-list__value span.govuk-summary-list__actions <-- Empty ``` This was previously required because (from the tablet breakpoint upwards) the summary list is displayed as a table, and the bottom border on each 'row' is applied to the individual 'cells' within that row (the `key`, `value`, and `actions` elements). Omitting the `actions` element from a row therefore means that that part of the row does not have a bottom border. However, this is invalid HTML as the content model for the `<dl>` element [1] only allows for 'either: Zero or more groups each consisting of one or more dt elements followed by one or more dd elements, optionally intermixed with script-supporting elements. Or: One or more div elements, optionally intermixed with script-supporting elements.' As such, it's not valid for a `<span>` to be a direct child of a `<dl>`. This has been flagged by automated testing tools such as Axe (as seen in #1806) – although we're not aware of any issues that it would cause for users in practise. Avoid the need for the empty 'cell' by moving the bottom border to the row itself. This requires us to set `border-collapse: collapse` in order to use the collapsing border model [2] as in the separated borders model (the initial border model) – 'rows, columns, row groups, and column groups cannot have borders' [3] Remove the empty `span.govuk-summary-list__actions` from the template – although it does still work perfectly well with the existing markup, so I don't believe this is technically a breaking change. [1]: https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/grouping-content.html#the-dl-element [2]: https://drafts.csswg.org/css2/#collapsing-borders [3]: https://drafts.csswg.org/css2/#:~:text=Rows%2C%20columns%2C%20row%20groups%2C%20and%20column%20groups%20cannot%20have%20borders%20(i.e.%2C%20user%20agents%20must%20ignore%20the%20border%20properties%20for%20those%20elements).
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