79098 - Back button, javascript:history.go(-1) don't work at this site

Status: VERIFIED WORKSFORME

(Core :: DOM: Navigation, defect)

Description

[Phil Schwartau]

This evolved from bug 79068. 

When you travel to this site, the "Back" button greys out. 
If you key in javascript:history.go(-1) in the URL bar and hit enter,
it doesn't work. You also get this error in the JavaScript Console:

Error: uncaught exception: Exception... "Failure"  
code: "-2147467259" 
nsresult: "0x80004005 (NS_ERROR_FAILURE)"
location: "<unknown>"


None of this is true in NN4.7. The Back button works at this site in NN4.7

Comment 1

[Radha on family leave (not reading bugmail)]

I tried this out in today's build. The back/forward buttons work fine during 
normal navigation. The history.go(-1) on the urlbar also worked fine today. It 
did not work in last week's build. Some problems I noticed include

1) When loading the above url in a new browser window, the back/forward buttons 
don't get enabled. This is bug 56062

2) After using history.go(-1) the forward button doesn't get enabled when it 
should be. This is a bug the browser team owns, I believe  by Peter Annema 
[e-mail]. 

I'm marking this WFM. Please re-open if problem persists.

Comment 2

[sairuh (rarely reading bugmail)]

mass-verifying WorksForMe bugs which haven't changed since 2001.12.31.

set your search string in mail to "EmperorLondoMollari" to filter out these
messages.