Closed Bug 257262 Opened 20 years ago Closed 19 years ago

window.location.replace('mailto:') causes javascript error (NS_ERROR_FAILURE) [nsIDOMLocation.replace]

Categories

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

defect
Not set
normal

Tracking

()

RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 236589

People

(Reporter: bob, Unassigned)

References

()

Details

Attachments

(1 file)

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.7) Gecko/20040615 Firefox/0.9
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.7) Gecko/20040615 Firefox/0.9

When this javascript function:

function js_email(name,host) {
    var email = "o:" + name + "@" + host;
    window.location.replace('mailt'+email);
}

is invoked like this:

<a href="javascript:js_email('newsletter','vbc.bc.ca');">newsletter AT vbc.bc.ca</a>

The result is this javascript error:

Error: uncaught exception: [Exception... "Component returned failure code:
0x80004005 (NS_ERROR_FAILURE) [nsIDOMLocation.replace]"  nsresult: "0x80004005
(NS_ERROR_FAILURE)"  location: "JS frame :: http://www.vbc.bc.ca/contact.shtml
:: js_email :: line 35"  data: no]



Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Click on any email addess on this page.
2.
3.

Actual Results:  
The "mailto:" was not executed, and a javascript error occurred.

Expected Results:  
The email program should have been invoked.

This works OK with IE and Opera.
Confirmed.
Status: UNCONFIRMED → NEW
Component: General → Browser-General
Ever confirmed: true
OS: Linux → All
Product: Firefox → Browser
Hardware: PC → All
Summary: mailto: in window.location.replace causes javascript error → window.location.replace('mailto:') causes javascript error (NS_ERROR_FAILURE) [nsIDOMLocation.replace]
Version: unspecified → 1.7 Branch
Attached file Testcase
Confirmed on:

Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7) Gecko/20040803
Firefox/0.9.3

Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.2) Gecko/20040803
Problem still exists in Linux 1.0 preview. It no longer existed in the Windows
1.0 preview.
Product: Browser → Seamonkey
WFM
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20041107 Firefox/1.0

Bob, can you still reproduce with a nightly trunk build?
Assignee: firefox → general
Component: General → DOM
Product: Mozilla Application Suite → Core
QA Contact: general → ian
Version: 1.7 Branch → Trunk
Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9a1) Gecko/20050910 Firefox/1.6a1
ID:2005091022 

Works for me. Please reopen if reproducible in the latest builds.
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 19 years ago
Resolution: --- → WORKSFORME
Status: RESOLVED → REOPENED
Resolution: WORKSFORME → ---
Or better yet, let's dupe it. :)

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 236589 ***
Status: REOPENED → RESOLVED
Closed: 19 years ago19 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
Component: DOM → DOM: Core & HTML
You need to log in before you can comment on or make changes to this bug.

Attachment

General

Created:
Updated:
Size: