163065 - JavaScript Menu only works when clicking in windows doesn't focus them

Status: RESOLVED EXPIRED

(Core :: DOM: UI Events & Focus Handling, defect)

Description

[J. J. Ramsey]

California State University, Fullerton (CSUF) has a web page called TITAN
Online, where students can log in, check grades, register, etc. (Obviously, one
has to be a student to access TITAN; sorry I don't have a better test site.)

TITAN Online's web page has a Javascript menu that only works if the window
manager is set so that one has to click on the window's titlebar to focus the
window, rather than just any point in the window itself. If the window manager
is set "wrong," the JavaScript menu will display submenus, but clicking on the
submenu items does nothing. TITAN Online works under TWM, and under
Enlightenment with the "Focus Settings" option "Clicking in a window always
raises it" unchecked. It doesn't work under GNOME2/Metacity or, IIRC, KDE.

This looks like a Javascript problem that, for once, is actually due to a
Mozilla bug.

Comment 1

[Phil Schwartau]

Browser, not engine ---> Event Handling

[e-mail]: would it be possible for you to save
the page in question (Mozilla > File > Save As), zip up the page
and any associated files, and attach the zipped file to this bug?
(attach as type application/octet-stream)

Better yet: can you reduce the page in question and attach that?
I.e., try stripping the page down to the minimum necessary to 
show the bug

Even better: would it be possible to set up a test account at this
site, or find a public site that exhibits the same problem.

Otherwise, it's not going to be possible for us to debug this - thanks.

Comment 2

[J. J. Ramsey]

Attachment: Sample of web page that Moz doesn't work with

I don't know how to strip down the web page for you, sorry. I made the
following observations:

* When Enlightenment is *not* sent to raise windows by clicking in them,
clicking on a JavaScript submenu in the *downloaded* page (not the original
"live" one) makes Mozilla complain about not being able to link to whatever
page the submenu item links to. (This makes sense; the complaint is correct,
since the page isn't there.)

* When Enlightenment *is* sent to raise windows by clicking in them, clicking
on a JavaScript submenu does nothing.

At least the downloaded web page's behavior is consistent with the behavior of
the real live web page.

Comment 3

[Alexander Opitz]

Reporter can you reproduce this bug with a newer build (1.4 final)?
If not, then please close this bug as worksforme. Thanks.

Comment 4

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

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[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

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