Closed Bug 288298 Opened 20 years ago Closed 19 years ago

javascript: typeof(frames[name]) still gives back "object" even when using element.removeChild() while getElement returns again "undefined"

Categories

(Core :: DOM: Core & HTML, defect)

1.7 Branch
x86
Windows XP
defect
Not set
normal

Tracking

()

RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 170799

People

(Reporter: s.nyx, Unassigned)

References

Details

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; de-DE; rv:1.7.6) Gecko/20050321 Firefox/1.0.2
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; de-DE; rv:1.7.6) Gecko/20050321 Firefox/1.0.2

in javascript:
1. create dynamic DIV with nested iframes.
2. give the iframes an id-and a name-attribute to identify them later
3. remove the dom-tree containing the iframe
4. query for the iframe using
   
document.getElementById(frameId) returns "undefined"
while frames[frameName] still returns an object that cannot be accessed (anymore)

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
see details


Expected Results:  
Return undefined for frames[frameName]
please attach a testcase.
Assignee: bugs → general
Component: JavaScript Console → DOM: Level 0
Product: Firefox → Core
QA Contact: js-console → ian
Version: unspecified → 1.7 Branch
Looks a lot like bug 170799
Depends on: 170799
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Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 19 years ago
Resolution: --- → EXPIRED
Resolution: EXPIRED → DUPLICATE
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