214986 - windows closes by itself

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 212298

(Core :: DOM: Core & HTML, defect)

Description

[Pawel]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.5a) Gecko/20030718
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.5a) Gecko/20030718

after clicking on a link the window simply closes.
going directly to the offending url (https://mycard.fleet.com/cma/login.do) does
not cause the window to close
clicking on the link and picking 'Open in new window' does not cause the window
to close either



Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. www.fleet.com
2. quick links -> Credit Cards -> Go -> takes you to http://cards.fleet.com
3. Login (upper right)

Actual Results:  
the current open window closes

Comment 1

[Alfonso Martinez]

This is the offending code in https://mycard.fleet.com/cma/login.do (you can
access it by diabling javascript before loading the window)

   //If this is a pop up window we want to close this window and redirect its parent
   var parentWin;
   if(window.opener != null)
   {
      parentWin = window.opener;
      if(parentWin.isCMAWindow != null)
      {
         if(parentWin.isCMAWindow)
         {
            //The parent of this window is a CMA window, therefore we need to
close ourselves
            //and redirect the parent
            parentWin.location = window.location;
            window.close();
         }
      }
   }

Comment 2

[Pawel]

from https://mycard.fleet.com/cma/login.do:
     //Set a top level variable so that our children know that this is a CMA window
     isCMAWindow = true;

it looks like CMAWindow is not mentioned in any of the previous pages in the
sequence (fleet.com or cards.fleet.com)

this leads me to believe that fome some reason window.opener points back to the
current window, correct ?

if I understand http://www.mozilla.org/docs/dom/domref/dom_window_ref77.html
correctly, then window.opener should return NULL in this case since all the
activities are conducted in a single window

Comment 3

[Alfonso Martinez]

Yes, I think just the same, but I don't know why it has opener!=null

Comment 4

[Pawel]

Using the js debugger I verified that window.opener points to the current window
(via window.opener.location)

I can reproduce this only if I start from fleet.com (going to the url directly
works fine)

from http://www.fleet.com/includes/global.js:
function hyperJump(dropNum) { // This function controls that crazy dropdown nav
	selection = "select"+dropNum;
	formname = "form"+dropNum;
	newURL =
document[formname][selection].options[document[formname][selection].selectedIndex].value;
		window.open(newURL,"_top");
}


so I guess this is one of those window.open() weirdnesses...

were you able to reproduce this ?

Comment 5

[Pawel]

Attachment: page1 of the testcase

Comment 6

[Pawel]

Attachment: page2 of the testcase

Comment 7

[Pawel]

I've uploaded 2 simple pages that can be used to reproduce this.
Simply stick them in the same directory and open page1.

This still seems to not work correctly for me with
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.5b) Gecko/20030819

Comment 8

[Asa Dotzler [:asa]]

-> DOM

Comment 9

[tom.williams]

I see this exact same behavior using both Mozilla (Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U;
Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:) Gecko/20040307 MultiZilla/1.6.2.1d) and Firefox
(Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.7b) Gecko/20040310
Firefox/0.8)

Peace...

Comment 10

[tom.williams]

Ok, I've sent a link to this bug report to the Fleet.com web developers through
the fleet.com site.

Peace...

Comment 11

[mg8]

Build ID 2004050708 (both Mac OS X and Win98): I found the same behavior of this
page, however I want to add a new "feature" of this:

If you are on <http://cards.fleet.com/>, you can reach the page that closes
itself by clicking on the orange link in the upper right corner "Login" which
brings you to <http://mycard.fleet.com/>.
a) If I just click on the link, the new window closes.
b) If I do right-click and then "Open Link in New Window", then the page stays
open and works!

Is this now an error in Fleet's JS code, or one of Mozilla?

Comment 12

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

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Comment 13

[Pawel]

fleet.com has been redisigned (not necessarily for the better), but the current
open window still closes using the prevoiusly provided test case with
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.12) Gecko/20050915
Firefox/1.0.7

Comment 14

[mg8]

Fleet is now Bank of America, and the page looks completely different. I cannot
reproduce this bug anymore really. Can you give an example?

Comment 15

[Pawel]

yes, download the two attachments, open page1 and click on the link

Comment 16

[alanjstr]

Confirmed: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.9a1)
Gecko/20050929 Firefox/1.6a1

Comment 17

[Boris Zbarsky [:bzbarsky]]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 212298 ***