Re: [Htmlunit-user] onblur() code causes infinite loop

[Brad C. <yo...@br...>]

Not just javascript, but I'd think any page load should clear it. Log a bug on
sf.net (with a simple test case if you've got one) so this doesn't get lost :)

Brad C

--- bk...@up... wrote:
> HtmlUnit's implementation for onblur() through the methods
> WebClient.moveFocusFromElement and WebClient.moveFocusToElement ends up
> causing an infinite loop in certain cases.  
>  
> We have javascript on all our pages that set the focus to the correct
> input field upon page load.  We also have input fields on our pages that
> post back to the server to obtain more info when the user enters a value
> and tabs out.  These fields use the onblur() event to post back to the
> server and reload the page.  
>  
> Seems pretty straight forward....but here is the issue - HtmlUnit does
> not clear the elementWithFocus if an onblur causes a roundtrip to the
> server, so when our new page loads, it sets the focus on the correct
> input field, which in turn causes the method
> WebClient.moveFocusToElement to run, which does another onblur on the
> elementWithFocus which is the original field that did the original
> onblur from the previous page - so over and over again until the system
> crashes onblur is called on this field.  I think the fix is for HtmlUnit
> to clear the elementWithFocus if javascript causes a post back to the
> server.  Thoughts?
>  
> Thanks,
>  
> Brian
>  
> 
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