290924 - NS_ERROR_FAILURE in Javascript console when using window.open

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 309775

(Thunderbird :: General, defect)

Description

[Thomas Spear]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.7) Gecko/20050414 Firefox/1.0.3
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.7) Gecko/20050414 Firefox/1.0.3

Was modifying a Firefox Extension that works fine in Firefox to run in
Thunderbird,the extension uses the javascript window.open command to open a new
firefox window/tab to a certain page.  When running the extension, clicking on
the items in question results in nothing apparently happening, until you look in
the javascript console, where this message appears:

Error:  uncaught exception: [Exception... "Component returned failure code:
0x80004005 (NS_ERROR_FAILURE) [nsIDOMJSWindow.open]" nsresult: "0x80004005
(NS_ERROR_FAILURE)" location: "JS frame :: chrome://xmirror/content/xmirror.js
:: goTo :: line 2" data: no]

the goTo function being referenced just contains window.open(url), and is only
used due to the requirements of certain files being expected in an extension.  

I get a similar error when manually running the window.open() command from
within the Javascript console, in fact the only difference is that in place of
the goTo near the end, there is <TOP_LEVEL>, and that the command shown in the
error is a javascript:window.open instead of being a chrome file reference.

But running the alert() command from within the extension OR within the JS
Console works just fine, so Im pretty positive that there isnt anything wrong
with the extension itself.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
Download the xmirror extension from update.mozilla.org in the firefox extensions
section, modify the install.rdf in the package to allow it to install to the
current released thunderbird build, install it in thunderbird, restart
thunderbird and open extension manager again.  Where it says Select an Extension
Mirror, choose any mirror.  Close the Extension Manager, and Open the Javascript
console.
Actual Results:  
Nothing visibly happened, but an error message was added to the javascript console.

Expected Results:  
Opened a firefox window to the site selected.

Comment 1

[Henrik Skupin [:whimboo][⌚️UTC+1]]

Easily to reproduce with current trunk builds when clicking the link of a js
warning or error within the js console. It happens for all HW/OS:

Error: uncaught exception: [Exception... "Component returned failure code:
0x80004005 (NS_ERROR_FAILURE) [nsIDOMJSWindow.open]"  nsresult: "0x80004005
(NS_ERROR_FAILURE)"  location: "JS frame ::
chrome://global/content/bindings/text.xml :: onxblclick :: line 302"  data: no]

Comment 2

[Leo H]

Saw this bug today while using a web calendar.  Clicked on an icon to open a
pop-up window.  There was no visible effect.  Looked in the Javascript console,
and saw the exact error described in this bug.  The error repeated every time
until I quit the browser.  After I quit the browser, and went back to the same
page, the error did not occur.
Using Gecko/20050908 Firefox/1.4
Also found that there is bug 177819 describing same error

Comment 3

[Leo H]

I just got the same error again today on a diffferent website that uses
window.open().  Given that I never saw this until yesterday, I'm guessing that
something that changed in Firefox 1.5 is making it show up.  Quitting firefox,
and going back to same website, the error does not then occur.

Comment 4

[zug_treno]

(In reply to comment #3)
> Given that I never saw this until yesterday, I'm guessing that
> something that changed in Firefox 1.5 is making it show up.  

See Core bug 309775.

Comment 5

[Henrik Skupin [:whimboo][⌚️UTC+1]]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 309775 ***