[Webkit-unassigned] [Bug 30923] New: element.innerHTML = "  " fails

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https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=30923

           Summary: element.innerHTML = " " fails
           Product: WebKit
           Version: 528+ (Nightly build)
          Platform: Macintosh Intel
        OS/Version: Mac OS X 10.6
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: Major
          Priority: P2
         Component: HTML DOM
        AssignedTo: webkit-unassigned at lists.webkit.org
        ReportedBy: maus at io.com


The following code:


var element = document.createElement("div");
element.innerHTML = "test  ";

Throws the following error:

NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR: DOM Exception 7: An attempt was made to modify an
object where modifications are not allowed.

This is something of a problem for us (JavaServer Faces Ajax support).

XML entities work fine, but XHTML defined entities, as defined here:
http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/dtds.html#h-A2

Fail.

This is a rather serious problem, and from looking at more than a few
JavaScript libraries, it appears that they have not found a workaround.

I tried working around it myself, by creating a contextual fragment, but that
just gave a Dom Exception 9 error.

Note that all other tested browsers handle this Just Fine.

Since there is no workaround, I've requested this be a P2.

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