The document is loaded asynchronously so, the body is not yet there if you access it just after open. Honza
On Thursday, August 19, 2010, M Gozler <[email protected]> wrote: > My Javascript opens a child window with URL "childDocument.html". > > It then attempts to reference the document object. > > Thus the script is > > childWin = open("childDocument.html", ...); > childWinDocument = childWin.document; > > Now if I use FB to break execution just after opening the window, and > step through it, I get the proper reference to the document object. I > can get the 'body' property of document and look for a specific DOM > element by an 'id' attribute I am looking for. > > But if I don't break with FB, and let script execution proceed at its > normal speed, what happens is that I get a 'null' on finding the DOM > element, because what happens is that URL is not "childDocument.html" > but instead "about:blank" and the baseURI value under the document > object is not "http://localhost/.../childDocument.html"; but instead > "chrome://browser/content/browers.xul" > > Is there an explanation for this? > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Firebug" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/firebug?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Firebug" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/firebug?hl=en.
