312708 - Javascript code in navigation does not refresh page if anchor is used in url

Status: NEW

(Core :: DOM: Navigation, defect)

Description

[Jeremy]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.12) Gecko/20050915 Firefox/1.0.7
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.12) Gecko/20050915 Firefox/1.0.7

The navigation bar on the left side of the page listed uses the code
history.go(0)  when the arrows are clicked to show/hide the links below it. 
However, when you go to a page with an anchor in the URL, it will not refresh
(however, the command is still processed and a manual refresh will hide/show
that part of the navigation.)

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Go to http://ai.volpe.dot.gov/CarrierResearchResults/Archives.asp?p=20#safestatA
2. Click on an arrow in the navigation bar on the left side of the page.
Actual Results:  
The page does nothing.

Expected Results:  
The page should refresh and hide that part of the navigation.

Comment 1

[Adam Guthrie]

Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9a1) Gecko/20051016
Firefox/1.6a1 ID:2005101619

Occurs on trunk, too. I have a feeling this has something to do with the other
onclick handler in the link.

Comment 2

[Adam Guthrie]

Attachment: testcase with an anchor

This is a minimized testcase of the issue described. Click the first link, then
the second. The page should reload.

Comment 3

[Adam Guthrie]

Attachment: testcase without an anchor

This just proves that history.go(0) works without an anchor.

Comment 4

[Jeremy]

Well, the only difference between that page, and one of the pages from the other
area of that site is that it uses anchors.  I just wanted to point out that
anchors and the history.go link don't seem to work together.