317853 - [XUL] node.appendChilds() stops execution of a method

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[andreas]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8) Gecko/20051111 Firefox/1.5
Build Identifier: Firefox 1.0.7/Linux

I have a method that manipulates the DOM:



try {
log('before');
dest.appendChild(n1);
log('after');
} catch (e) {log('error');}

n1 is a node with some child nodes created before. When I run this code
then the execution of this method just stops. The last message on the JS console is 'before'. No 'after' and no 'error' message.

It could be something with the node n1 but I've investigated nearly everything ( I looked at all attributes etc)....I see no indication why the method just dies at that point.

This error occurs with Firefox 1.0.7@Linux and Mozilla 1.7.12@Linux.

Reproducible: Always

Comment 1

[Martijn Wargers (dead)]

Does it work with Firefox1.5C3?

Comment 2

[Neil Deakin]

You need to attach a minimal testcase or url showing the problem.

Comment 3

[Adam Guthrie]

Sounds like bug 286619.

Comment 4

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

This is a mass search for bugs that are in the Firefox General component, are UNCO, and have not been changed for 1000 days and have an unspecified version. 

Reporter, can you please update to Firefox 3.6.10, create a fresh profile, http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/managing+profiles, and test again. If you still see the bug, please update this bug. If the issue is gone, please set the resolution to RESOLVED > WORKSFORME.