167050 - javascript bookmarks don't work (most of the time)

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Camino Graveyard :: Bookmarks, defect)

Description

[Dominik Westner]

Hi,

bookmarks like this:

javascript:void(window.open('http://config.privoxy.org/toggle?mini=y','ijbstatus','width=250,height=100,resizable=yes,scrollbars=no,toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,copyhistory=no').focus());

don't work up to and including the latest chimera release.
(They sometimes work, I can't figure out when.)

Pretty anoying as I have many of those :-)

Comment 1

[Kathleen :Brade]

is this a side effect of the pref for disabling popup windows?

Dominik Westner--If you find a JS bookmark that does work, please add it here :)

Comment 2

[Dominik Westner]

is this a side effect of the pref for disabling popup windows?
You mean because I use privoxy? No, not at all. It already happened before I used 
privoxy at all (e.g. with the 'My Bookmarks' bookmark link for skramkoob.com).

Comment 3

[Greg K.]

WorksForMe using Chimera/2002090505 on 10.1.5. I create a bookmark with that URL
and it opens a small window that says, "Privoxy not working."

Dominik, what build ID are you reporting this bug against?

Comment 4

[Dominik Westner]

sometimes it works, but most of the time it doesnt. (This has been the case with all the 
builds I have tried during the last month.
This is build id: 2002090505.
If you want to try a simpler example, try this;
javascript:void(open('about:blank'));

Works perfectly in IE and Mozilla, but doesn't in Chimera.

Comment 5

[Simon Fraser [no longer active]]

Dominik: edit your chimera prefs.js file and remove the lines

user_pref("dom.disable_open_click_delay", 1000);
user_pref("dom.disable_open_during_load", true);

(while chimera is not running). Then try your tests again.

Comment 6

[Dominik Westner]

Simon, 

thanks. Your suggestion seems to fix the problem. It did not occure anymore so far.
Domink

Comment 7

[Jesse Ruderman]

If this bug is a result of click_delay, it's a dup of bug 143423 (although
Chimera probably shouldn't be using click_delay).  If it's a result of
open_during_load, it might be a Chimera bug.

Comment 8

[Steve Smart]

*** Bug 176638 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 9

[sairuh (rarely reading bugmail)]

i have a bookmarklet which works even when i have popups disabled. tested with
2002.10.25.14, marking wfm.

Comment 10

[Brian Landers]

Does NOT work for me.  Build ID 2002102504, new profile, 10.2 on a TiBook

Test case:

1) with Chimera NOT running, create a new profile, or delete prefs.js in existing profile
2) run Chimera and expose the bookmark drawer
3) create a new bookmark "Test" and set its location to the following:

javascript:void(window.open('http://www.mozilla.org','foo','scrollbars=no,width=
400,height=460,status=yes,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes'))

4) select "Test" from the bookmark drawer.  Note that the popup appears as expected.  
Close the popup window.
5) go to Preferences -> Web Features, check Enable Popup Blocking.  Close 
Preferences
6) select "Test" from the bookmark drawer.  Note that the popup does NOT appear.
7) go to Preferences -> Web Features, uncheck Enable Popup Blocking.  Close 
Preferences
8) select "Test" from the bookmark drawer.  Note that the popup again appears, as 
expected.
9) quit Chimera