Grant Wagner <gwagner@agricoreunited.com> wrote in message news:<40C9E0CE.A7B7B310@agricoreunited.com>...[color=blue]
> Geoff wrote:
>[color=green]
> > When trying to focus a field in Firefox, I get the following error:
> >
> > Error: [Exception... "'Permission denied to get property
> > XULElement.selectedIndex' when calling method:
> > [nsIAutoCompletePopup::selectedIndex]" nsresult: "0x8057001e
> > (NS_ERROR_XPC_JS_THREW_STRING)" location: "JS frame ::
> > file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/Edd/Desktop/test.html :: valText
> > :: line 24" data: no]
> > Source File: file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/Edd/Desktop/test.html
> > Line: 24
> >
> > Anyone have any ideas as to why this is happening?
> >
> > Thanks[/color]
>
> It's happening because you are attempting to do something that is causing an
> NS_ERROR_XPC_JS_THREW_STRING error. Without seeing your code, it's
> impossible to know what that is. Most likely you are doing nothing wrong,
> I'll explain.
>
> I've noticed a similar problem when calling <body onload="window.focus();">
> with some windows and not others. And now, testing a window I was opening
> that I thought was causing the error, I'm no longer seeing the error, so it
> could be caused by some combination of tab variations or installed
> extensions in Firefox.
>
> I'm treating it as a bug in Firefox and ignoring the problem.
>
> If you want a more thorough explanation and want to investigate further, I'd
> suggest you install Mozilla 1.6 and test,[/color]
I get that error too. I got up Mozilla 1.6, and do not find the error there.
When does Firefox .9 come out?
install Mozilla 1.7RC3 and test,[color=blue]
> install Mozilla 1.8a and test. Also test on a fresh install of Firefox (no
> extensions, no customizations). Determine in exactly what versions of
> Mozilla the problem happens. For example, if it happens in 1.6, but not
> 1.7RC3, it was a bug they fixed, and you won't see the fix in Firefox until
> version 0.9 (RC available and 75% of the size of 0.8 ... yay!). If the
> problem happens in Firefox with Tabbrowser Extensions installed, but doesn't
> in Firefox with Tabbrowser Extensions not installed, the problem is
> Tabbrowser Extensions, etc. If the problem is evident in Mozilla builds up
> to 1.8a, then check bugzilla to see if the problem is described there, and
> if so, what the status of the bug is.
>
> Unfortunately this sort of thing presents all sorts of problems. I've still
> got code where I attach null events to form elements in HTML code because at
> one point Mozilla wouldn't bind dynamically assigned event handlers unless
> you did that. In other words:
>
> <input type="text" name="myInput" ... onkeypress="">
> <script type="text/javascript">
> document.forms['myForm'].elements['myInput'].onkeypress = someHandler;
> </script>
>
> Just didn't work unless you specifically included [onkeypress=""] in the
> HTML. I'm betting I'll never be able to remove that useless HTML attribute
> because someone somewhere might be using a version of Mozilla that doesn't
> work without it.
>
> --
> | Grant Wagner <gwagner@agricoreunited.com>
>
> * Client-side Javascript and Netscape 4 DOM Reference available at:
> *
>
http://devedge.netscape.com/library/...ce/frames.html
>
> * Internet Explorer DOM Reference available at:
> *
>
http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/a...ence_entry.asp
>
> * Netscape 6/7 DOM Reference available at:
> *
http://www.mozilla.org/docs/dom/domref/
> * Tips for upgrading JavaScript for Netscape 7 / Mozilla
> *
http://www.mozilla.org/docs/web-deve...upgrade_2.html[/color]
