525619 - RemoveChild() only works with 2 clicks

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

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User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1.4) Gecko/20091016 Firefox/3.5.4
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1.4) Gecko/20091016 Firefox/3.5.4

//javascript part
function function2() {
    myList.removeChild(myList.firstChild);
}


//html content
<ul id="myList">
   <li>First list element</li>
   <li>Second list element</li>
</ul>
<a href="javascript:void(0)" onClick="function2();">asd</a>

When u click on the link "asd" , the removeChild function do nothing until you click on it the second time.

Reproducible: Couldn't Reproduce

Comment 1

[Cork]

Attachment: slightly modified version of the example above

I did some small modifications to the example to get it working.

And the reason it needs two clicks is cause you have white space nodes in the dom, the first click removes those (test1).

If you remove it, it works as your expecting (test2).

By this i would say it works as it sould => invalid.

Comment 2

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

Reporter, are you still seeing this issue with Firefox 3.6.13 or later in safe mode? If not, please close. These links can help you in your testing.
http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Safe+Mode
http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Managing+profiles

You can also try to reproduce in Firefox 4 Beta 8 or later, there are many improvements in the new version, http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-beta.html

Comment 3

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

No reply, INCOMPLETE. Please retest with Firefox 3.6.13 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.