IE: removing of #__ie_init in a FRAMESET causes weird loading of another frame (SVN)

[blueyed]

I've experienced the following problem using jQuery SVN and Internet Explorer 6.

If you have a frameset with two frames, the back/forward buttons behave weird: they cause a page to get loaded in a frame which does not belong there (and was not displayed there, before going to another link and pressing back).

I will attach files for testing this:

1. Extract the attachment to a directory
2. Put jquery.js into the directory (or adjust the path(s))
3. Open frameset_1.html in Internet Explorer
4. Click on "2" in the top frame
5. This will open frameset_2.html
6. Click "Back"
7. You will see "frame_b_2.html" in the top frame, instead of frame_a.html

This is caused by the following jQuery code:

jQuery(window).load(function(){ jQuery("#__ie_init").remove(); });

which was added because of ticket #1061.

My hacky solution for this was adding

if( ! window.frames.length )

before it, so that the code won't get used for FRAMESETs.

The real fix probably is to not include jQuery in a FRAMESET page at all, but if it gets done it should not cause this weird behaviour.

[blueyed]

Like already mentioned in #1061, it would maybe be the best option to just always leave the ie_init-Hack-Script in the DOM, wouldn't it? At least it has caused two different problems until now.

[john]

I bet this could be fixed by doing jQuery(self) instead of jQuery(window).

[blueyed]

No, unfortunately not. At least not for the provided testcase.

[brandon]

Other than not cleaning up what are the problems (if any) of leaving the script tag in the DOM?

[brandon]

Fixed in Rev [2136].