Hi John, I installed Firebug 1.5X.0b5, and tried inserting a breakpoint in the same point in my test script as before, but unfortunately no change - it still doesn't trap. Should I raise a bug report for this (attaching the HTML page as a test case)?
Paul. On Dec 2, 5:58 pm, John J Barton <[email protected]> wrote: > Please try Firebug 1.5b5,http://getfirebug.com/releases/firebug/1.5X. > If you still have a problem I will fix it. > > jjb > > On Dec 2, 3:16 am, PaulT <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I have an issue with breakpoints not being triggered in my Javascript > > code. Having searched this group's discussions, I can see that this > > issue has occurred before with previous versions of FB and FF, but I'm > > running version 1.4.5 of FB and 3.5.5. of Firefox. The add-ons I have > > installed are as follows: > > > Delicious Bookmarks 2.1.072 > > Download Statusbar 0.9.6.5 > > Firebug 1.4.5 > > Google Toolbar for Firefox 6.1.20091119W > > Java Quick Starter 1.0 > > Microsoft .Net Framework Assistant 1.1 > > Zotero 1.0.10 > > > I inserted a breakpoint on line 31 of the HTML/Javascript page shown > > below. I notice that in the Breakpoints tab, the breakpoint is listed > > as "Undefined". > > > Note that the breakpoints do not fail consistently - some breakpoints > > in other pages work sometimes, some not always (it's hard to make out > > the exact pattern). > > > Can anyone suggest what the problem here is? If you need any more > > information, let me know. > > > Test case - create an HTML page from the following and place a > > breakpoint on line 31 (var countMe = field.value): > > > <!-- TWO STEPS TO INSTALL LIMIT TEXTAREA: > > > 1. Copy the coding into the HEAD of your HTML document > > 2. Add the last code into the BODY of your HTML document --> > > > <!-- STEP ONE: Paste this code into the HEAD of your HTML document -- > > > <HEAD> > > > <SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript"> > > <!-- Original: Ronnie T. Moore --> > > <!-- Web Site: The JavaScript Source --> > > > <!-- Dynamic 'fix' by: Nannette Thacker --> > > <!-- Web Site:http://www.shiningstar.net--> > > > <!-- This script and many more are available free online at --> > > <!-- The JavaScript Source!!http://javascript.internet.com--> > > > <!-- Begin > > function textCounter(field, countfield, maxlimit) { > > if (field.value.length > maxlimit) // if too long...trim it! > > field.value = field.value.substring(0, maxlimit); > > // otherwise, update 'characters left' counter > > else > > countfield.value = maxlimit - field.value.length; > > > } > > > function checkLength(field, countfield, maxlimit) { > > var countMe = field.value > > var escapedStr = encodeURI(countMe) > > if (escapedStr.indexOf("%") != -1) { > > var count = escapedStr.split("%").length - 1 > > if (count == 0) count++ //perverse case; can't happen > > with real UTF-8 > > var tmp = escapedStr.length - (count * 3) > > count = count + tmp > > } else { > > count = escapedStr.length > > } > > > if (count > maxlimit) { // if too long...trim it! > > field.value = field.value.substring(0, maxlimit); > > // otherwise, update 'characters left' counter > > } > > else { > > countfield.value = maxlimit - field.value.length; > > } > > // alert("Current bytes = " + count); > > > } > > > // End --> > > </script> > > </HEAD> > > > <!-- STEP TWO: Copy this code into the BODY of your HTML document --> > > > <BODY> > > > <!-- textCounter() parameters are: text field, the count field, max > > length --> > > > <center> > > <form name=myform action="YOUR-SCRIPT.CGI"> > > <font size="1" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> ( You may enter up > > to 125 characters. )<br> > > <textarea name=message wrap=physical cols=28 rows=4 > > onKeyDown="checkLength(this.form.message,this.form.remLen,125);" > > onKeyUp="checkLength(this.form.message,this.form.remLen,125);"></ > > textarea> > > <br> > > <input readonly type=text name=remLen size=3 maxlength=3 value="125"> > > characters left</font> > > </form> > > </center> > > > <p><center> > > <font face="arial, helvetica" SIZE="-2">Free JavaScripts provided<br> > > by <a href="http://javascriptsource.com";>The JavaScript Source</a></ > > font> > > </center><p> > > > <!-- Script Size: 1.37 KB --> -- 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.
