331454 - spurious JavaScript Permission denied error from window.open()

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 261423

(SeaMonkey :: General, defect)

Description

[Darryl Miles]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686 (x86_64); en-GB; rv:1.8) Gecko/20051219 SeaMonkey/1.0b
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686 (x86_64); en-GB; rv:1.8) Gecko/20051219 SeaMonkey/1.0b

Error: [Exception... "'Permission denied to get property XULElement.accessKey' when calling method: [nsIDOMXULLabelElement::accessKey]"  nsresult: "0x8057001e (NS_ERROR_XPC_JS_THREW_STRING)"  location: "JS frame :: file:///nfs/tyr/data/tmp/postback.html :: openWindow :: line 11"  data: no]
Source File: file:///nfs/tyr/data/tmp/postback.html
Line: 11


I don't believe I am doing anything incorrect in my webpage I am executing the JavaScript statement:

<a href="javascript:openWindow(this, 'popup_pick.jsp', 'winone', 'width=640,height=480')">Click</a>

<script language="javascript"><!-- 
	function openWindow(thisObj, url, label, winopts) {
		var win = window.open(url, label, winopts);
		return;
	}
// --></script>

I believe code inside seamonkey should be trapping this error so it doesn't show up as a user error, it seems to be an internal problem.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open JavaScript Console
2. In SeaMonkey open the attached HTML page
3. Click on the "click" word
4. Look in the JavaScript Console

Comment 1

[Darryl Miles]

Attachment: postback.html - Main file to test with.

Comment 2

[Darryl Miles]

Attachment: popup.html - Empty dummy popup HTML file (not necessary to observe problem)

Comment 3

[zug_treno]

Related to/duplicate of Core bug 261423?

Comment 4

[Gérard Talbot]

> I don't believe I am doing anything incorrect in my webpage

Darryl,

You may want to read carefully the document
DOM:window.open
http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/DOM:window.open
if you want to perfect your code. Hints: don't use "javascript:", don't use a local variable to store the window reference, use a target name, etc. E.g.:

<a href="popup_pick.jsp" target="winone" onclick="openWindow(this, this.href, this.target, 'resizable,scrollbars,status,location,width=640,height=480'); return false;">Click</a>

<script type="text/javascript">
var WindowObjectReference;
        function openWindow(thisObj, url, label, winopts) {
                WindowObjectReference = window.open(url, label, winopts);
        }
</script>

Resolving as DUPLICATE

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 261423 ***

Comment 5

[Darryl Miles]

Gérard, Thanks for the pointer, the application must have JS support enabled to work since the popup in the real app sets variables in the window.opener.formName.inputName.value = newValue.  But enough of my app.


I have tested this some more and found a clean profile does not exhibit this bug.

But if I install checky-2.5-fx+mz.xpi or colorzilla-0.6.5-fx+mz.xpi this problem occurs.  Maybe it occurs if I install any XPI extension, maybe this infomation can help someone find the source of the problem.

I shall post these findings the bug you have marked it as dupe to.