468614 - Refresh using F5/CTRL+R on a <select> that was previously disabled using JavaScript does not re-enable the select

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 293733

(Core :: General, defect)

Description

[Cosmin Marginean]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.0.4) Gecko/2008111318 Ubuntu/8.10 (intrepid) Firefox/3.0.4
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.0.4) Gecko/2008111318 Ubuntu/8.10 (intrepid) Firefox/3.0.4

I am not 100% sure this is bug or normal behavior that I didn't find specified - so please discard if necessary.

The attached HTML contains a simple <select> and a link that removes (using JavaScript) the currently selected item. In addition, after all options have been removed, the "disabled" attribute is set, disabling the select.

On a page refresh, the select should be enabled and with all the options in place. However, the disabled attribute is kept if refreshing with F5 (or CTRL+R), but will behave correctly with a forced refresh (CTRL+F5).

This was reproduced in Firefox/3.0.4, on both Ubuntu and Windows.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Get the attached HTML
2. Open it in Firefox
3. Press the "Remove" link until the select is empty and disabled
4. Press F5 (normal page refresh)
Actual Results:  
The select repopulates normally, but remains disabled.

Expected Results:  
The select should be enabled.

Comment 1

[Cosmin Marginean]

Attachment: The HTML reproducing the issue

Comment 2

[Daniel Kabs, reporting bugs since 2002]

I can confirm this bug (FF 3.0.11 on Linux). 

See also bug #502812.