58753 - document.referrer is not returing anything.

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Core :: DOM: Core & HTML, defect, P3)

Description

[Prashant Desale]

document.referrer is not returing anything.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE:
1] Please visit above URL.
2] Click button "Open Another Window"

EXPECTED RESULTS:

Child window should show something like this 
document.referrer : http://bubblegum/desale/referrer.html

ACTUAL RESULTS:

Child window shows
document.referrer :

Comment 1

[Johnny Stenback (:jst)]

Just a note to myself, this works in Netscape 4.x, but not in IE 5.

Comment 2

[gerardok]

We need document.referrer fixed for backward compatibility. It's there since 
Javascript 1.0, and it's served to NS clients from several top 100 pages, ie:
http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Backstage/7715/
http://www.lycos.com/feedback/
http://www.microsoft.com/insider/
...
Nominating for rtm.

Comment 3

[Johnny Stenback (:jst)]

Attachment: Proposed fix.

Comment 4

[Johnny Stenback (:jst)]

Ignore the last patch, it's only part of the fix...

Comment 5

[Johnny Stenback (:jst)]

In 4.x document.referrer works at least when clicking on a link, in a frame
inside a frameset and also when doing window.open();

In IE it works when clicking on a link and in a frame inside a frameset but not
when doing window.open();

In mozilla it only works when clicking on a link, not in any other cases. I
doubt we'll be able to get this in for rtm, fixing this requires changes in a
number of places, it's not gonna be a trivial patch.

Comment 6

[Nisheeth Ranjan]

Marking rtm- based on Johnny's evaluation.

Comment 7

[Jan Carpenter]

I would have to argue that document.referrer is working with buttons, but not 
working with links.  

- Go to this internal URL:  
http://bubblegum/browser/standards/dom1/tcmatrix/htmldocument.html
- Click on hdoc004.html

This test works in both Nav 4.x and in MSIE, but not in Netscape6.

Comment 8

[Daniel Rainbird]

document.referrer fails to work when you reload a page

Comment 9

[Johnny Stenback (:jst)]

Attachment: Proposed fix #2

Comment 10

[Johnny Stenback (:jst)]

With the attached patch (#2) document.referrer works when clicking on links,
clicking on links that open in new window, window.open, framesets, reloading,
all cases I could think of. Looking for r= and sr=, anyone?

Comment 11

[Prashant Desale]

Nominating for nsbeta1, since nsbeta2,3, dogfood, rtm keywords are going to be 
cleared soon and important bugs could loose attention. I think this one deserves 
nsbeta1 nomination.

Comment 12

[Johnny Stenback (:jst)]

Mitchell, could you review the last attachment in this bug?

Comment 13

[Jason Eager]

Adding Patch, review and approval keywords to get this fix in hand some attention.

Comment 14

[Mitchell Stoltz (not reading bugmail)]

looks good. As long as we continue to pass a principal as well as a referrer
through LoadInfo, the security will work all right. r=mstoltz

Comment 15

[Johnny Stenback (:jst)]

Attachment: Proposed fix #3 (use the URI of the caller as the referrer when doing window.open)

Comment 16

[Johnny Stenback (:jst)]

Fix checked in.

Comment 17

[ericshawn1]

I have downloaded the newest release, Netscape 6.01, and the document.referrer 
is still returning nothing.  This bug has NOT been fixed, and Netscape 6 is 
therefore still in violation of open standards.  

It is my strongest suggestion that Netscapse get with it and fix this and many 
other javascript related incompatibilities immediately, or lose any chance of a 
resurgence in the use of their browser by the mainstream web audience.

Comment 18

[Fabian Guisset]

[e-mail], did you test in netscape 6.01 or netscape 6.1? only
netscape 6.1 will have the fix. Netscape 6.01 was released before this bug was
fixed.
(please cc yourself on bugs on which you comment, thanks)

Comment 19

[Mitchell Stoltz (not reading bugmail)]

Netscape 6.1 hasn't been released yet. The fix was checked in on 2/2, sou you'll
need to use a Mozilla milestone release or daily build made after that date to
see this fix.

Methinks he doth protest too much.

Comment 20

[Bob Clary [:bc] (inactive)]

http://bubblegum/browser/standards/dom1/tcmatrix/htmldocument.html hdoc004.html 
wfm in Mozilla 2001081703/win2k and NS6.1RTM/win2k. Recommend we mark this one
as fixed.

Comment 21

[Fabian Guisset]

Marking as FIXED again because of the lack of proofs that this is not fixed.
[e-mail], please reopen if you come up with a site or testcase
that demonstrates that document.referrer does not work correctly. Thanks!

Comment 22

[Sivakiran Tummala]

works for me. verified with the testcase provided. adding keyword vtrunk

Comment 23

[Bernd]

This does not work on a local drive. Steps to reproduce: download from gila the
testcases and on first run you see the full path with file://fob.bar on a second
run it is empty. Win98 2001-12-08-08

Comment 24

[Johnny Stenback (:jst)]

This works now in the normal case, futuring for now...

Comment 25

[Boris Zbarsky [:bzbarsky]]

*** Bug 58675 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 26

[Sivakiran Tummala]

failed in build 01-27-08 win2k.

Comment 27

[Sivakiran Tummala]

added the regression keyword, testcase passed in 6.2.1 RTM

Comment 28

[Jesse Ruderman]

Works for me, 2002 081209 on Windows 2000.  Bernd Mielke, file a new bug for the
file:// problem if you still see it.