No such interface supported error on .load() for pop-up window in IE 8

Reported by:	kevinkevin	Owned by:	kevinkevin
Priority:	low	Milestone:
Component:	event	Version:	1.4.2
Keywords:	needsreview	Cc:
Blocked by:		Blocking:

Description

When I create a new window and try to set its load event with .load(), I get a "No such interface supported error" in IE 8.

Test case:

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-W3CDTD HTML 4.01EN" "http:www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">

<head>

function openWindow() {

var newWindow = window.open('test.html', 'newWindow');

$(newWindow).load(function() {

alert('loaded'); alerts 'loaded';

this.document.getElementById('someText').value='loaded'; sets text of 'someText' in new window

window.document.getElementById('someText').value='it loaded'; //sets text of 'someText' in original window

});

}

</script>

</head>

<body>

<p><button type="button" onclick="openWindow();">Open Window</button></p>

</body>

</html>

A Solution:

remove the following lines from jQuery.event.add:

For whatever reason, IE has trouble passing the window object

around, causing it to be cloned in the process

if ( elem.setInterval && ( elem !== window && !elem.frameElement ) ) {

elem = window;

}

It then works in IE 8. I haven't tested previous versions, I'm wondering if you have a test for IE versions before 8, only have the if above in that case.

My test page never does an alert or anything in Firefox, and get no errors, so I have no idea how to fix that.

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Change History (4)

Changed September 03, 2010 12:45AM UTC by dmethvin comment:1

component:	unfiled → event
keywords:	→ window open load

I wasn't even sure if this was something that could reasonably be done, but the "more interesting example" at the W3C site seems to indicate it is possible: http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/interact/scripts.html#h-18.2.3

It seems like there's a race condition that could prevent it from working reliably. If the opened window loads before the load handler is attached, you won't get any notification. I agree that the code you've identified, which looks for a window object, is at least part of the problem since it is replacing your window with the current document's window.

If you could attach a complete test case showing this work in bare DOM operations, similar to the example at the W3C site, that might help get this bug fixed sooner.

Changed October 15, 2010 02:12AM UTC by snover comment:2

keywords:	window open load → needsreview
milestone:	1.4.3
priority:	→ low

Changed April 01, 2011 12:58AM UTC by dmethvin comment:3

owner:	→ kevinkevin
status:	new → pending

Can you provide a test case that shows it works properly without jQuery?

Changed April 15, 2011 07:46AM UTC by trac-o-bot comment:4

resolution:	→ invalid
status:	pending → closed

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