642890 - table structure inserted into div using innerHTML is reformatted with table structure extracted from cell contents (which follow)

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[angus]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:2.0b7) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/4.0b7
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:2.0b7) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/4.0b7

<table><tr><td><div id="x1"></div></td></tr></table>
document.getElementById("x1").innerHTML="<table><tr><td>rhubarb</td><td>more rhubarb</td></tr></table>";
is re-formatted by FF4b7 as:
<table><tbody><tr><td><div id='x1'><table><tbody><tr><td></td></tr></tbody></table>rhubarb more rhubarb</div></td></tr></tbody></table>
This only occurs in FF4.
FF3x works correctly.
I have shown the div inside another table as that is how the bug occurred, however I do not think that it is a necessary factor.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.create a div:
<table><tr><td><div id="x1"></div></td></tr></table>
2.replace the contents with a javascript generated table:
document.getElementById("x1").innerHTML="<table><tr><td>RHUBARB</td><td>MORE RHUBARB</td></tr></table>";
3.
Actual Results:  
<table><tbody><tr><td><div id='x1'><table><tbody><tr><td></td></tr></tbody></table>RHUBARB MORE RHUBARB</div></td></tr></tbody></table>

Expected Results:  
<table><tbody><tr><td><div id='x1'><table><tbody><tr><td>RHUBARB</td><td>MORE RHUBARB</td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table>

The cell contents are simplified here.
The effect was more noticeable in reality because there were more cells and the contents of each cell included a <br> tag; so the effect was to have the text travel down the page rather than across.

Only happens in FF4b7.
FF3x is rendered correctly.

Comment 1

[Tim (fmdeveloper)]

Reporter -> Are you still experiencing this issue with the latest version of Firefox 4? Does the issue occur with the latest nightly? http://nightly.mozilla.org/

Comment 2

[Tim (fmdeveloper)]

Closing bug as Incomplete - if you are still experiencing this issue or have more information to provide feel free to post back here and we can re-open the bug. You can also get assistance by visiting the Firefox help site -> http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Ask+a+question