6717 - window onload/onunload events not fired when XUL file loaded through location bar

Status: VERIFIED FIXED

(Core :: XUL, defect, P1)

Description

[gerardok]

Project: Seamonkey
Program: Apprunner.exe
BuildID: 1999-05-18-09
Platform: WinNT, Linux

The window onload/onunload events are not being fired when the XUL file is
loaded by entering the filename in the location bar.

The same failure happens on Linux and possibly on other platforms. It works fine
when the XUL file is loaded as the top level window.

Steps to reproduce:

1. Create a XUL file with the following content:

<xul:window
  xmlns:xul="http://www.mozilla.org/keymaster/gatekeeper/there.is.only.xul"
  xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"
  onload="startup()"
  onunload="unload()"
  style="width:100%;height:100%">

<script>
function startup() {
  dump("startup()\n");
}
function unload() {
  dump("unload()\n");
}
</script>

</xul:window>

2. Load that file by entering the filename in the Location bar.
3. Click on the Back Arrow button to go to the previous page

Actual Results: No startup or unload messages displayed in console
Expected Results: "startup()" and "unload()" strings displayed in console

Comment 1

[David Hyatt]

Reassigning to don.  His group needs to fix up their dialog code, and then
I can make the onload handler actually fire on subdocuments inside frames.

Comment 2

[don]

Bill, come and talk to me about this ...

Comment 3

[don]

OK, Matt and everyone else agrees that we should wait until M7 to fix this ...

Comment 4

[Bill Law]

I have modified all the dialogs so that they will not be affected by this
change. Go ahead and do it and let me know if any problems ensue.

Comment 5

[David Hyatt]

Already done. :)

Comment 6

[gem]

appears fixed. verified.

Comment 7

[leger]

BULK MOVE: Changing component from XUL to XP Toolkit/Widgets: XUL.  XUL 
component will be deleted.