271188 - Javascript menus work in new window but not in old

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

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

Description

[db]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; sv-SE; rv:1.7.3) Gecko/20041020
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; sv-SE; rv:1.7.3) Gecko/20041020

The javascript menus work when I go to the page in a new window, but if I go
there from an old window then it does not work. Something is not reseted as it
should when one jump to a new page in an old window.


Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open a NEW window.
2. Enter the adress http://www.dustin.se/DacsaPortal/
3. Notice that the javascript menus at the "top" works. Try for example the menu
"Kundservice" and then "Kontakta oss". It works, and you get a page with
adresses back. You don't need to use the menu in this step to trigger the bug.
4. In the same windows, enter the adress http://www.dustinhome.se/DacsaPortal/
5. Now try the menu as in step 3 and you will notice that it will not work.
6. Open a NEW window
7. Enter the adress http://www.dustinhome.se/DacsaPortal/
8. Now the menus work




I'm afraid I don't have any more details at the moment. Some sort of simpler
testcase would be nice to have to isolate the bug.

I run mozilla from Fedora Core 3, and the company have tested on Firefox (some
version) and it's the same in both. Someone should however try to verify in a
newer version. My version is fairly new, but just in case.

Comment 1

[db]

One more observation.

When you use the menus in the new window, then the result of using the menus
shows up in the first window. So the menu kind of work, but the result comes up
in the wrong window.

I can't tell if this can be caused by "correct" javascript or not, but the
result at least is not what I want as a user.

I tried in a version of Opera I have and there the menus doesn't work at all but
instead the menu header work as a link.

I don't have any IE around but I assume that the company have tested the site on
IE and that it does not behave like that there (that doesn't say if it's right
or wrong, but it would give some more info about the bug).

Comment 2

[db]

I'm sad to say that I got the reproduction steps all messed up. The problem is
when one have an old window open and and you use the menus in the new window.

1. Go to http://www.dustin.se/DacsaPortal/
2. Open another new window and go to http://www.dustin.se/DacsaPortal/
3. Use the menus in the last window and the result comes up in the first

Sorry for the confusion.

Comment 3

[Aaron Lawrence]

I see what you mean.
It seems a bit variable.

The first time, I tried with tabs and it all worked OK.
Then I tried with two new windows, and I saw what you say: the click in the
first one opened in the frame in the first window.
I tried again with two new windows, and then the menu didn't work at all in the
second one.

I notice this is all frames based. If the name of the frame is the same, isn't
this what you'd expect? (Are frames supposed to work across windows?)

Comment 4

[db]

If there are several frames with the same name I would expect it to use the one
in the same window first (if that is what happens, I've not looked at the code).

Comment 5

[Boris Zbarsky [:bzbarsky]]

worksforme in a current build (with the bug 103638 fix in it).