506328 - InnerHTML causes infinite iteration

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[James R. Landrum]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2a1pre) Gecko/20090723 Minefield/3.6a1pre (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2a1pre) Gecko/20090723 Minefield/3.6a1pre (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)

When attempting to set innerHTML on a DOM object, it causes an infinite iteration, leading to the JavaScript stop dialog to appear. Only happens when sending long variables to innerHTML it seems.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Create a DIV object.
2.Using JavaScript, create a var with a very large set of [li] in a [ul].
3.Using JavaScript, set the innerHTML of the DIV object to the variable.
Actual Results:  
The script finishes successfully, but continues to iterate for no reason.

Expected Results:  
As the actual results, with the iteration ending.

This is a background iteration, as part of innerHTML.

Comment 1

[James R. Landrum]

Forgot to mention, it works in Firefox 3 fine. It seems to be a problem within the latest trunk only.

Comment 2

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

Does this still happen with 3.6 final or current trunk?

Comment 3

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

Reporter, are you still seeing this issue with Firefox 3.6.13 or later in safe mode? If not, please close. These links can help you in your testing.
http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Safe+Mode
http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Managing+profiles

You can also try to reproduce in Firefox 4 Beta 8 or later, there are many improvements in the new version, http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-beta.html

Comment 4

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

No reply, INCOMPLETE. Please retest with Firefox 3.6.13 or later and a new profile (http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Managing+profiles). If you continue to see this issue with the newest firefox and a new profile, then please comment on this bug.