Okay ... So instead of this:
while ( p && p != this ) try { p = p.parentNode } catch(e) { p = null; };
I should have set p = this like this:
while ( p && p != this ) try { p = p.parentNode } catch(e) { p = this; };
You can see it working here:
http://brandonaaron.net/jquery/hoverbug/hover.patched.html
I'll update the ticket now.
--
Brandon Aaron
On 10/3/06, Brandon Aaron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Sure enough... looking into a better fix now.
>
> --
> Brandon Aaron
>
> On 10/3/06, Choan C. Gálvez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Hi all.
> >
> > There has been some recent posts on this mailing list about a bug in
> > Firefox related to jQuery`s `hover` functionality. (Subjects "Uncaught
> > exception (Autocomplete / jQuery 1.0.1)", "bug: hover over table cells
> > containing form elements" and "Input text hover error".)
> >
> > Theoretically, this bug was resolved in Rev 375. Unfortunately, the
> > solution doesn't work quite well :(
> >
> > Let me describe the situation:
> >
> > HTML:
> >
> > <div id="test">
> > <form ...>
> > <input type="text" ... />
> > </form>
> > </div>
> >
> > CSS:
> >
> > #test {
> > background: black;
> > padding: 20px; /* make it obvious */
> > }
> >
> > #test.over {
> > background: #ccc;
> > }
> >
> > JS:
> >
> > $(function() {
> > $("#test").hover(
> > function() { $(this).addClass("over"); },
> > function() { $(this).removeClass("over"); },
> > );
> > });
> >
> > Trouble is, in svn versions previous to Rev 375, Mozilla based
> > browsers raise an exception while abandoning the `input` (this is a
> > Mozilla bug [1]). I can live with that as it doesn't break my code.
> >
> > Since Rev 375, there is a new code to handle exceptions (in events.js):
> >
> > while ( p && p != this ) try { p = p.parentNode } catch(e) { p = null;
> > };
> >
> > Well, now the exception is catched. Good. But the `mouseover` function
> > is called when the mouse hovers the input. This _breaks_ my code.
> >
> > So, could we have a better workaround? I've tried with no success :(
> >
> > [1]: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=208427
> > --
> > Choan
> > <http://choangalvez.nom.es/>
> >
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