11629 - Forward button doesn't work after backtracking from named anchor

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 15441

(Core Graveyard :: Embedding: APIs, defect, P3)

Description

[Nicholas Cull]

This bug follows on from bug 9952, and occurs on the 1999081008 build of Mozilla,
on Windows NT 4 Workstation.

To reproduce:

* Start Mozilla
* Enter the URL for the test case (will attach one shortly)
* Click on the link, which jumps you down to the middle of the page
* Use the back button to go back to the top of the page
* Observe that the forward button is disabled.

Expected behaviour:

* Mozilla should enable the forward button to allow you to re-visit the named
  anchor you just came back from.

Comment 1

[Nicholas Cull]

Attachment: Test case showing problem with forward button.

Comment 2

[Nicholas Cull]

Attached a testcase, which is modified from the second testcase of bug 11453.

Comment 3

[Nicholas Cull]

Duh! Fixed the first test case, which was pointing to a local image on my
hard drive.

See also bug 11631, which was found while creating the second test case.

Comment 4

[Nicholas Cull]

Ok, I'm too sleepy now. Ignore my previous comment about test cases, which
was meant for bug 11453. However, bug 11631 may well be related to this one.

Comment 5

[Radha on family leave (not reading bugmail)]

I'm aware of the problem and the potential solutions. It just needs lot of
testing before I can check in a fix.

Comment 6

[Radha on family leave (not reading bugmail)]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 15441 ***

Comment 7

[Claudius Gayle]

VERIFIED dupe.