952234 - range.getClinetRects should return an empty array if its not in the document

Status: RESOLVED INVALID

(Core :: DOM: Selection, defect)

Description

[Wesley Johnston (:wesj)]

From http://dev.w3.org/csswg/cssom-view/#dom-range-getclientrects

"The getClientRects() method, when invoked, must return an empty DOMRectList object if the range is not in the document and otherwise a DOMRectList object containing ... "

We're seeing this return null in some cases in FF for Android, I assume because of http://mxr.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/source/content/base/src/nsRange.cpp#2913 ?

Comment 1

[Wesley Johnston (:wesj)]

I can't reproduce this the way I thought. Apologies.