[Webkit-unassigned] [Bug 23813] New: window.open followed by document.write results in unsavable pages

Fri Feb 6 20:01:00 PST 2009

https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23813

           Summary: window.open followed by document.write results in
                    unsavable pages
           Product: WebKit
           Version: 528+ (Nightly build)
          Platform: Macintosh
               URL: http://james.wheare.org/stuff/bugs/safari/overwritingpop
                    ups
        OS/Version: Mac OS X 10.5
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: Minor
          Priority: P2
         Component: WebKit Misc.
        AssignedTo: webkit-unassigned at lists.webkit.org
        ReportedBy: james at wheare.org

If a window opened with javascript window.open has all its contents overwritten
with document.write() by the opening script, the page contents can't be saved,
and the View Source option is greyed out and disabled.

The save dialog's "Export As:" field defaults to "DownloadedFile.html" and on
confirm, the following error alert is shown:

The document "DownloadedFile" could not be exported as "DownloadedFile.html".

This bug does NOT affect windows opened with an empty URL (about:blank). These
windows are successfully saved as "unknown.webarchive" by default and the View
Source option is not greyed out.

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This technique is employed by some banks to provide popups for printing and
saving.

This issue previously affected Version 3.0.4 (5523.10.6) with the additional
issues of not being able to view the DOM in the web inspector, or print the
rendered page. These issues have been resolved as of the latest nightly

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Test cases at URL

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Source:

function doPopup(url) {
    var win = window.open(url);
    win.document.write("<html><body><h1>This is overwritten
content</h1></body></html>");
}

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