671153 - ASSERTION: null node passed to GetBlockNodeParent()

Status: NEW

(Core :: DOM: Editor, defect, P5)

Description

[Mats Palmgren (inactive)]

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. run mochitest editor/libeditor/html/tests/browserscope/test_richtext2.html

ACTUAL RESULTS
###!!! ASSERTION: null node passed to GetBlockNodeParent(): 'Not Reached', file editor/libeditor/html/nsHTMLEditor.cpp, line 938

PLATFORMS AND BUILDS TESTED
Bug occurs in a local mozilla-central DEBUG build on Linux x86-64

Comment 1

[Aryeh Gregor (:ayg) (no longer with Mozilla)]

Apparently the same assertion is noted in bug 738366 comment 10.  After that bug lands, the assertion will be hit by editor/libeditor/base/crashtests/633709.xhtml.

Comment 2

[(no longer active)]

The caller must be fixed here, I believe.

Comment 3

[Jens Stutte [:jstutte]]

Bulk-downgrade of unassigned, >=5 years untouched DOM/Storage bugs' priority and severity.

If you have reason to believe this is wrong, please write a comment and ni :jstutte.