294023 - Mac OS X apparently exposes a "highlight" function in Javascript?

Status: RESOLVED EXPIRED

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[Scott Turner]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.7.8) Gecko/20050511 Firefox/1.0.4
Build Identifier: Unknown (all?)

I'm developing a Firefox extension (platypus.mozdev.org).  The extension uses a
couple of Javascript functions called "highlight" and "clear" to draw boxes
around screen items.  This was failing for my Mac OS X users.  Renaming those
functions to "platypus_highlight" and "platypus_clear" fixed the problem.  My
guess is that the Mac OS X build of Firefox is exposing Javascript functions
with those names?  Unfortunately, I don't have a Mac OS X box myself to test upon.

Reproducible: Didn't try

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Download platypus.xpi from platypus.mozdev.org
2. Drill down into platypus.jar to find the highlight.js and platypusOverlay.js
files.
3. Change references to "platypus_highlight" and "platypus_clear" to "highlight"
and "clear".
4. Rebuild and reinstall the extension.
5. Start up Platypus from the Tools menu and move mouse around the page.

Actual Results:  
No highlighting on page.

Expected Results:  
Page elements should highlight as mouse moves over them.

Comment 1

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

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Comment 2

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

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