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#10080 closed bug (fixed)

Opened August 17, 2011 08:47PM UTC

Closed August 25, 2011 07:18PM UTC

Last modified September 01, 2011 05:02PM UTC

unload from frame's window breaks in IE8

Reported by: brian.moschel@gmail.com Owned by: rwaldron
Priority: low Milestone: 1.6.3
Component: data Version: git
Keywords: Cc:
Blocked by: Blocking:
Description

If you have an iframe in the same domain and try to bind to unload:

$(someotherwindow).unload(fn)

This works in all browsers except IE8.

http://jsfiddle.net/Y4Txu/1/

The problem is when you bind to unload, it uses the "one" method, so after unload, it unbinds itself and calls jquery.removeData, which has this:

// Browsers that fail expando deletion also refuse to delete expandos on
// the window, but it will allow it on all other JS objects; other browsers
// don't care
if ( jQuery.support.deleteExpando || cache != window ) {
  delete cache[ id ];
} else {
  cache[ id ] = null;
}

That first if is true for IE8 and below I believe. Cache isn't the current window in this case, its another frame's window object, so delete cache[id] throws an error, and the unload event handler isn't reached

The fix is to check if cache is any window, not just the current window

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Changed August 17, 2011 08:49PM UTC by anonymous comment:1

I should say the error thrown is "Object doesn't support this action" and at least in 1.6.2 its on delete cache[id].

The error prevents the event handler from being called at all.

Changed August 17, 2011 09:02PM UTC by rwaldron comment:2

component: unfileddata
milestone: None1.6.3
priority: undecidedlow
resolution: → duplicate
status: newclosed

Changed August 17, 2011 09:02PM UTC by rwaldron comment:3

Duplicate of #8235.

Changed August 17, 2011 09:12PM UTC by brian.moschel@gmail.com comment:4

I don't think those 2 bugs are duplicates. In 8235, they said:

cache[ id ][ internalKey ] is checked without ensuring that cache[ id ] exists.

In the error I'm describing, the problem is

if ( jQuery.support.deleteExpando || cache != window )

is true if cache is another frame's window, but delete cache[id] breaks. That if statement should check if cache is ANY window, not just the current one. Those are not the same cases.

Changed August 17, 2011 09:13PM UTC by brian.moschel@gmail.com comment:5

That code sample should show:

if ( jQuery.support.deleteExpando || cache != window )

Changed August 17, 2011 09:44PM UTC by rwaldron comment:6

resolution: duplicate
status: closedreopened

Or you could simply ensure that cache[ id ] actually exists...

Which is the same issue.

https://github.com/jquery/jquery/pull/468

Changed August 17, 2011 09:44PM UTC by rwaldron comment:7

Changed August 18, 2011 02:33AM UTC by dmethvin comment:8

Is this a result of not having a test case for #8235? We fixed that problem without knowing the cause.

Changed August 18, 2011 06:38AM UTC by brian.moschel@gmail.com comment:9

That pull request doesn't actually address the issue I'm talking about. The core issue is that cache can be any window object.

I made a pull request with a test that currently breaks in IE8 and a fix.

https://github.com/jquery/jquery/pull/470

Changed August 18, 2011 01:02PM UTC by rwaldron comment:10

@dmethvin, no they are actually unrelated.

Changed August 18, 2011 02:21PM UTC by rwaldron comment:11

Using jQuery.isWindow will be significantly slower and all calls to removeData will be affected, see: http://jsperf.com/iswindow-vs-inline-test

I've updated my branch to test for a window inference and have included your test with credit to you.

Changed August 18, 2011 02:30PM UTC by dmethvin comment:12

Yes .isWindow() is slower but look at the numbers. Even the "slow" path can run almost 2 *million* times a second. It's not likely the .removeData() path is critical enough that the difference matters.

Changed August 25, 2011 02:43PM UTC by dmethvin comment:13

owner: → rwaldron
status: reopenedassigned

Changed August 25, 2011 07:18PM UTC by Dave Methvin comment:14

resolution: → fixed
status: assignedclosed

Merge pull request #468 from rwldrn/10080

Fixes #10080. Test cache for window inference.

Changeset: f4811bfb04206b9d9c120001603eadb1b529c271

Changed September 01, 2011 05:02PM UTC by dmethvin comment:15

#8870 is a duplicate of this ticket.