60576 - javascipt: urls with umlauts in strings get escaped and then cause syntax error when executing the code

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 51355

(Core :: DOM: Core & HTML, defect, P3)

Description

[Martin Honnen]

The following two links causes JavaScript errors when clicked:

<A HREF="javascript: window.defaultStatus =
                       'Wir können nicht zählen was wir wählen.';
         void 0">
set status
</A>
<BR>
<A HREF="javascript: window.defaultStatus =
                       'Wir k&ouml;nnen nicht z&auml;hlen was wir w&auml;hlen.';
        void 0">
set status
</A>

Mouseover the link and you already see in the status bar that mozilla strangely
escapes the whole link. Then click the link and you get a syntax error in js.
Such links work flawlessly in NN4 and should work in Mozilla for backwards
compatibility.

As long as the bug exists I add the three following workarounds here that
mozilla seems to be able to cope with:

<A HREF="javascript: window.defaultStatus =
         'Wir k\366nnen nicht z\344hlen was wir w\344hlen.'; void 0">
set status
</A>
<BR>
<A HREF="javascript: window.defaultStatus =
         'Wir k\xF6nnen nicht z\xE4hlen was wir w\xE4hlen.'; void 0">
set status
</A>
<BR>
<A HREF="javascript: window.defaultStatus =
         'Wir k\u00F6nnen nicht z\u00E4hlen was wir w\u00E4hlen.'; void 0">
set status
</A>

Comment 1

[Martin Honnen]

Attachment: test case

Comment 2

[Håkan Waara]

Confirmed. By the way, the "default status" disappears as soon as I move the
mouse around and click around. This isn't the correct behavior, is it?

cc:ing myself.

Comment 3

[Johnny Stenback (:jst)]

This bug has been marked "future" because the original netscape engineer
workingon this is over-burdened. If you feel this is an error, that you or
another known resource will be working on this bug,or if it blocks your work in
some way -- please attach your concern to the bug for reconsideration.

Comment 4

[Wolfgang Schwarz]

This is a duplicate of bug 51355.

Comment 5

[Fabian Guisset]

Sounds like a dup indeed. Martin what do you think?

Comment 6

[Martin Honnen]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 51355 ***

Comment 7

[Håkan Waara]

verified dup.