227929 - Form target is ignored when javascript submit the form to a window

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(SeaMonkey :: General, defect)

Description

[Miguel David Ruiz Caparrós]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; WinNT4.0; en-US; rv:1.5) Gecko/20031007
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; WinNT4.0; en-US; rv:1.5) Gecko/20031007

The same code runs well in Netscape 4.x and IE 4.x, 5.x, 6.x, 
But I tryed in Mozilla 1.4.x and 1.5.x and this don't run.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. I have one form

<form method="POST" action="/RequestHandler">
    <input type="hidden" name="ANYITEM" value=""/>
    ......
</form>

2. I execute this script and the window opens ok.

 window.open("anypage.html","anyreference")

3. Finally i do this and the results are sended to de opener window

 document.forms[0].target="anyreference"
 document.forms[0].submit()


Actual Results:  
The results are in the opener window and the target is ignored

Expected Results:  
The results will must be viewed in the opened window

Comment 1

[Boris Zbarsky [:bzbarsky]]

Attachment: Testcase

Comment 2

[Boris Zbarsky [:bzbarsky]]

The testcase works fine for me (current trunk build).... Could you please attach
a testcase actually showing the problem?

Comment 3

[Miguel David Ruiz Caparrós]

Attachment: TestCase

Comment 4

[Miguel David Ruiz Caparrós]

I have it!
browser.block.target_new_window
If this property in prefs.js is enable, produces the BUG efect.
THIS NOT A BUG, but mozilla must alert of this situation, It make me
craizy.
Anyone can propose icon alert in status bar or similar?

Comment 5

[dolphinling]

Why is this marked fixed? AFAIK, it shouldn't be marked fixed unless something's
actually changed.

Comment 6

[Miguel David Ruiz Caparrós]

Apologize my english,I only try to close my false bug, but I not understain
the posible options, and I commit the most rasonable, how can I make to 
help you, reopen bug? what is the correct option?

Comment 7

[Jason Bassford]

Reopening bug to resolve properly - as per comments.

Comment 8

[Jason Bassford]

-> WORKSFORME