130409 - setting window.location.host property does not work as expected

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Core :: DOM: Core & HTML, defect, P5)

Description

[Vadim Berezniker]

Going to the above URL will keep reloading the same page.

The script checks if document.location.host is not "www.sparkasse-aachen.de",
then it sets document.location.host to "www.sparkasse-aachen.de" but that does
not seem to cause mozilla to change pages. Just reload the current one.

Even worse, if you leave the page, and come back, the page is already cached and
it will be reloading really fast and stop/esc won't work.

Comment 1

[Vadim Berezniker]

http://developer.netscape.com/docs/manuals/communicator/jsref/wina1.htm#1013364
says that the host property is writable.

Comment 2

[Samuel Sieb]

Also, setting window.location.hostname won't accept a port (it uses it as part
of the dns name).

Comment 3

[Christopher Aillon (sabbatical, not receiving bugmail)]

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Comment 4

[Samuel Sieb]

Sorry, filed the secondary issue as bug 130413.

Comment 5

[Christian :Biesinger (don't email me, ping me on IRC)]

ssieb, that's as expected. To set a host:ip combination, use the host attribute.

Comment 6

[Samuel Sieb]

Christian, I'm not sure what you mean, see bug 130413.

Comment 7

[Wesha]

*** Bug 158537 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 8

[Wesha]

Observing the same problem on win98 and winXP

paltform/os ==> all/all

Please remember that the bug (as described in command 0) is still present!

Comment 9

[Olav Vitters]

*** Bug 164206 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 10

[Johnny Stenback (:jst)]

Mass-reassigning bugs to [e-mail]

Comment 11

[Firefox Bug Husbandry Bot]

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1472046

Move all DOM bugs that haven’t been updated in more than 3 years and has no one currently assigned to P5.

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