93504 - register button missing

Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE of bug 89864

(Core :: Layout, defect)

Description

[Robert Praetorius]

In Netscape 4.78, a (Javascript?) button labeled Register appears near the
bottom of this page.

In Mozilla 0.9.3 I don't see this button.

Comment 1

[Phil Schwartau]

Confirming with Mozilla binary 2001073103 WinNT.
This is the HTML that creates the "Register" button:


<SCRIPT language="JavaScript1.0" TYPE="text/javascript">

document.writeln("<A HREF=\"javascript:;\" onClick=\"if 
(form_check(document.register_form)) document.register_form.submit(); return 
false\" onMouseOver=\"window.status='Register';return true\" 
onMouseOut=\"window.status='';return true;\">
<img 
src=\"https://a248.e.akamai.net/7/248/385/0077/www.half.com/images/button_regist
er.gif\" WIDTH=\"74\" HEIGHT=\"18\" BORDER=\"0\" VSPACE=\"6\"></A>");

</SCRIPT>

Comment 2

[Phil Schwartau]

Here is a more readable version of the same script:

var sHTML = '';

sHTML += "<A HREF=\"javascript:;\" "

sHTML += "onClick=\"if (form_check(document.register_form)) 
document.register_form.submit(); return false\" "

sHTML += "onMouseOver=\"window.status='Register';return true\" 
onMouseOut=\"window.status='';return true;\">" 

sHTML += "<img 
src=\"https://a248.e.akamai.net/7/248/385/0077/www.half.com/images/button_regist
er.gif\" "

sHTML += "WIDTH=\"74\" HEIGHT=\"18\" BORDER=\"0\" VSPACE=\"6\"></A>"

document.write(sHTML);

Comment 3

[Phil Schwartau]

Attachment: Reduced HTML testcase

Comment 4

[Phil Schwartau]

Try the testcase in each browser and see if there is a "Register" button:

                          IE4.7 :  yes
                          NN4.7:   yes
                          Moz/N6:  no


This occurs on all three major platforms; OS : WinNT --> All.
There are no errors indicated in the Mozilla JavaScript Console. 
Reassigning to Layout component for further triage - 

Comment 5

[Phil Schwartau]

Attachment: Reduced HTML testcase using alert()

Comment 6

[Phil Schwartau]

The second HTML testcase above alerts the final result of the 
JavaScript string. I'm not sure what's wrong with it.

Guess: does it have something to do with the use of 

               <A HREF= "javascript:;"

in addition to the onClick handler defined later in the string?

Comment 7

[Mats Palmgren (inactive)]

It works if you remove: language="JavaScript1.0"

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 89864 ***

Comment 8

[Phil Schwartau]

Verified Duplicate. If I edit the testcase above to change

              <SCRIPT language="JavaScript1.0"  etc.
to            <SCRIPT language="JavaScript"     etc.

then the image loads fine - 

Comment 9

[Robert Praetorius]

(this is the original bug reporter writing)

Just tried this in 0.9.5.  The button appears now.
It even does something when I poke it.