166759 - setAttributeNS(xul_ns, ...) != setAttribute(...) in XUL

Status: VERIFIED INVALID

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

Description

[Alex Vincent [:WeirdAl]]

I've been working with XUL recently, and I've noticed a discrepancy between 
setAttribute() and setAttributeNS() when the latter uses the XUL namespace 
anyway.  I have a testcase, and have confirmed Mozilla 1.1b flunks the testcase.

Comment 1

[Alex Vincent [:WeirdAl]]

Attachment: Testcase

Expected results:  You should see a complete sentence after the page loads.

Actual results:  Incomplete sentence.

Comment 2

[Jonas Sicking (:sicking) No longer reading bugmail consistently]

setting attributes in the xul namespace is not the same as setting them in the
null namespace, so

<xul:description value="text"/>

is not the same as

<xul:description xul:value="text"/>

the former sets the attribute in the nullnamespace, the latter in the xul
namespace. The same applies when using the DOM. This in complience to the XML
spec, the XML-namespace spec and the DOM spec.

Most applications, xul included, uses attributes in the null namespace.

Comment 3

[Johnny Stenback (:jst)]

Invalid indeed.