249453 - bookmarklets should be sandboxed from advanced javascript options

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 245277

(SeaMonkey :: Bookmarks & History, defect)

Description

[Greg Campbell]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7) Gecko/20040623 Firefox/0.9.0+
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7) Gecko/20040623 Firefox/0.9.0+

The advanced javascript options (dom.disable_window_move_resize, etc.) should
not apply to bookmarklets. These options should be for preventing a website from
doing what the user doesn't want, not for preventing a user from doing something
explicitly.


Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Set dom.disable_window_move_resize to true
2. Bookmark javascript:window.resizeTo(800,600);
3. Click the bookmarklet.

Actual Results:  
Nothing.

Expected Results:  
Resize the window to 800x600. Since this action was explicitly requested by the
user it should not be blocked by the set preference.

Comment 1

[Russell Ryba]

A bookmarklet could just as easily be embedded in HTML.  In that case, the 
restrictions should apply.  Where are you suggesting that the javascript
restrictions can be overruled?  Entered from the address bar, called from
Bookmarks, or both?

Comment 2

[Greg Campbell]

It seems like bookmarklets called from the bookmarks menu or entered directly in
the address bar would be reasonable to override the restrictions. Anything
within an HTML page, even if it requires a click from the user, should probably
stick to the rules.

Comment 3

[Ray Booysen]

Reassigning as per Bug #32644