95548 - OBJECT tag's type can't be changed later (like through the DOM)

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Core Graveyard :: Plug-ins, defect, P4)

Description

[Peter Lubczynski]

This is from bug 678 which implemented document viewing with the OBJECT tag. The
problem is that once we create a plugin with an OBJECT (or maybe even EMBED)
tag, we can't later change the kind of plugin we use.

For example, change the TYPE= or DATA= attributes through the DOM and nothing
happens.

Comment 1

[Christopher Hoess (gone)]

Marking dom1.  See also bug 40680 and bug 46569 for some other object-related 
issues...

Comment 2

[Asa Dotzler [:asa]]

Bugs targeted at mozilla1.0 without the mozilla1.0 keyword moved to mozilla1.0.1 
(you can query for this string to delete spam or retrieve the list of bugs I've 
moved)

Comment 3

[Doron Rosenberg (IBM)]

is this still being planned for 1.0.1?  Some sites like to change the file to be
embedded via a select, and since we can't script say windows mp, this would
offer us a possibilty to circumvent that issue.

Comment 4

[rubydoo123]

1.2

Comment 5

[Peter Lubczynski]

*** Bug 96568 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 6

[Peter Lubczynski]

The current workaround for this is to remove the old node before attaching the
new one. Also see bug 192891.

Comment 7

[Christian :Biesinger (don't email me, ping me on IRC)]

fixed by bug 1156, although all changes only take effect once you change .data