174666 - Nonconsistence behavior of HTML <base/> element

Status: RESOLVED INVALID

(Core :: DOM: HTML Parser, defect)

Description

[David Novak]

Hello,

according to the specification element <base href="URI"/> must be placed in the
head part of document. Most of other browsers support placing <base/> to any
part of document and support its redefinition. Mozilla (and Netscape) behave
strangely, because when <base/> is placed in body of document, it will influence
e.g. relative addresses in tag <img/> but won't influence e.g. <form
action="relative URI"/>. I tried it when in <base/> element was placed also in
head (with other URI).

                   Sincerely
                                 David

Comment 1

[Andrew Schultz]

this might have been fixed in bug 141537.  what build are you using?  could you
attach a testcase?

Comment 2

[David Novak]

Hello,

the testcase is here: http://dde.binghamton.edu/mozilla_test/mozilla.php
there are 2 <base/> definitions on this page (1 in head and 1 in body) and 2
relativ URIs, one is evaluated using the 2. <base> and one using the 1. <base>
definition.
                  david

Comment 3

[Andrew Schultz]

what build are you using?  the testcase displays fine with linux trunk build
20021014

Comment 4

[Jonathan Stewart]

The testcase David reported is sadly gone, and thus, i cannot check to veryify
this bug.  (i get a CGI error when i try to load the page)

Comment 5

[Christopher Hoess (gone)]

According to bzbarsky, <form action=""> is resolved based on the document URL
and other URLs on the base URL, and this is per spec. Therefore resolving INVALID.