233077 - abs pos object frame with html has a horked view hierarchy

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Core :: Web Painting, defect, P2)

Description

[Bernd]

load the testcase in the debugger it triggers the NS_ERROR at
http://lxr.mozilla.org/seamonkey/source/layout/html/base/src/nsContainerFrame.cpp#430
and before NS_PRECONDITION(aReflowState.frame == aKidFrame, "bad reflow state");
at
http://lxr.mozilla.org/seamonkey/source/layout/html/base/src/nsContainerFrame.cpp#909

Comment 1

[Bernd]

Attachment: the object frame

Comment 2

[Bernd]

Attachment: the testcase

Comment 3

[Robert O'Callahan (:roc) (email my personal email if necessary)]

The thing to do is to make nsHTMLContainerFrame;;CreateViewForFrame be able to
create a view for any frame even if there are already child frames with views.
This is not hard to do and will simplify code (and fix bugs) all over the place.
Something for 1.8a.

Comment 4

[Bob Clary [:bc] (inactive)]

Also happens in the DOM TS in 
http://dom-ts.bclary.com/build/ecmascript/level1/html/files/document.html

Comment 5

[Bernd]

wfm and the url of comment 4 is not reachable

Comment 6

[Robert O'Callahan (:roc) (email my personal email if necessary)]

Abs-pos elements no longer get views in Gecko 1.9.