Open Bug 1930678 Opened 7 months ago

<form target=_blank>.submit() throws an error when opening a new window is blocked

Categories

(Core :: DOM: Forms, defect)

Product:
Core
Component:
DOM: Forms
Type:
defect

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People

(Reporter: edgar, Unassigned)

Details

Test: https://software.hixie.ch/utilities/js/live-dom-viewer/?saved=13260

Only gecko throws an exception on submit() when popup is blocked, per spec https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/form-control-infrastructure.html#concept-form-submit:

  1. Let targetNavigable be the first return value of applying the rules for choosing a navigable given target, form's node navigable, and noopener.
  2. If targetNavigable is null, then return.

submit steps just return (without throwing an error) when the rules for choosing a navigable returns no navigable, i.e. creating a new window is blocked.

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