288747 - designMode='on' doesn't work with current SVG binary builds

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 302885

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[Hish]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.3) Gecko/20040910
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8b2) Gecko/20050319 Firefox/1.0+

setting document.designMode='on' results in
Error: uncaught exception: [Exception... "Component returned failure code:
0x80004005 (NS_ERROR_FAILURE) [nsIDOMNSHTMLDocument.designMode]"  nsresult:
"0x80004005 (NS_ERROR_FAILURE)"  location: "JS frame ::
javascript:document.designMode='on';void(0); :: <TOP_LEVEL> :: line 1"  data: no]

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:

Comment 1

[Hish]

this happens also with the latest nightlies but only when svg.enabled=true

Comment 2

[Taral]

Works for me... Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8b2)
Gecko/20050601 Firefox/1.0+

Comment 3

[Ryan King]

I could be doing something wrong, but this doesn't work for me:

Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8b2) Gecko/20050621 

I've tried this with and without ./configure --disable-svg ... and then with and
without svg.enabled

Under no combinations have I witnessed designMode or svg working.  I need
designMode for work, so I fire up an old build for that... but I have to admit
this bug is making me nervous.  I'm picturing millions of firefoxes without a
working designMode. :\

Comment 4

[Ryan King]

(In reply to comment #3)
> I could be doing something wrong, but this doesn't work for me:

I was doing something wrong - I'm not sure exactly what combination of
~/.mozconfig options I had that was spoiling things for me, but I've found a
better config, based on the nightly builds.

So, now, I have SVG /and/ designMode, and I feel like a giddy little futuristic
cyborg that just got a semifirmware updage.

Thanks to the Team

Comment 5

[Alan Knowles]

This is affecting Linux nightly snapshots (downloaded - 4 Aug 2005).

Comment 6

[Egon Knapen]

With Deer Park Alpha 2, no designmode (Rich-Text-Editor) is possible.

see: http://www.kevinroth.com/rte/demo.htm

even when svg is turned off or on, by using svg.enable (true/false) no effect.

Comment 7

[Myk Melez [:myk] [@mykmelez]]

Attachment: simple testcase

Here's a test case, a simple HTML file with a designMode-enabled iframe that
works fine in Firefox 1.0.x but fails with the following JS console error on
today's nightly:

Error: uncaught exception: [Exception... "Component returned failure code:
0x80004005 (NS_ERROR_FAILURE) [nsIDOMNSHTMLDocument.designMode]"  nsresult:
"0x80004005 (NS_ERROR_FAILURE)"  location: "JS frame ::
file:///home/myk/testcase-288747.html :: onload :: line 1"  data: no]

Comment 8

[Myk Melez [:myk] [@mykmelez]]

I should note that I tested the testcase using a fresh profile.  designMode is
important functionality, and we shouldn't ship the beta with it broken.

Comment 9

[Adam Guthrie]

Possibly related to bug 263392, bug 302885, and bug 256562.

Comment 10

[Mike Schroepfer]

Tor,

Can you help us figure out who the right assignee is for this?

Mike

Comment 11

[Egon Knapen]

just checked with last Firefox build 20050816 (Dear park), and it works fine
again. SVG is also still working....

Comment 12

[Myk Melez [:myk] [@mykmelez]]

Confirmed.  It now works for me again.  This is probably a duplicate of bug
302885.  Marking as such, but if anyone disagrees, then feel free to reopen and
resolve worksforme instead.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 302885 ***