421102 - EMBED tag reference returns "function" when analyzed with typeof

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 268945

(Core :: DOM: Core & HTML, defect)

Description

[st777]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.12) Gecko/20080201 Firefox/2.0.0.12
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.12) Gecko/20080201 Firefox/2.0.0.12

When you want to check a typeof(EMBED tag) it returns a "function" instead of "object". This was discovered when I embedded Flash movie on the page (w/id) and tried to get a reference to it using document.getElementById. 

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Create a blank html page
2. Insert an embed tag into body section with any id you want

Ex: <embed id="flv_movie" width="300" height="100" quality="high" bgcolor="#ffffff" name="flv_movie" style="" src="*.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"/>

3. In the javascript (on page load) get a reference to EMBED element by using 
document.getElementById.

Ex: var myEmbed = document.getElementById("flv_movie");

4. Alert typeof(myEmbed)

Ex: alert(typeof(myEmbed));
Actual Results:  
typeof(myEmbed) returns "function"

Expected Results:  
should return "object"

Comment 1

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

This bug was originally reported on Firefox 2.x or older, which is no longer supported and will not be receiving any more updates. I strongly suggest that you update to Firefox 3.6.6 or later, update your plugins (flash, adobe, etc.), and retest in a new profile. If you still see the issue with the updated Firefox, please post here. Otherwise, please close as RESOLVED > WORKSFORME
http://www.mozilla.com
http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Managing+profiles
http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Safe+mode

Comment 2

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

No reply, INCOMPLETE. Please retest with Firefox 3.6.8 or later and a new profile (http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Managing+profiles). If you continue to see this issue with the newest firefox and a new profile, then please comment on this bug.

Comment 3

[st777]

I tested the same exact setup against latest version of Firefox 3.6.8 and behavior is still the same.