Actually, it is NOT Firebug alone. It is Firebug with FireQuery. Disabling FireQuery does the trick.
On Friday, April 13, 2012 3:19:34 PM UTC-4, djad33 wrote: > > I have had a number of problems with javascript (using jQuery) and Firefox > the past few months. These errors were not occurring in any other browser > (IE7, IE8, IE9, Chrome or Safari). They have been generally related to > scoping in that existing objects were turning up 'unidentified' in console. > I could navigate through the DOM and find them, just not where they were > supposed to be. This has plagued me on 3 projects, with different jQuery > plugins. The latest incident was using jQuery.validate.js and created an > error 'validator is undefined'. In the process of trying to solve this > issue, I created a single field form with nothing else in the HTML other > than the page script and the links to jQuery and jquery.validate.min.js. > > In my testing, I had success using FF9, 10 and 11 from Spoon.net. It was > then I realized none of those versions were running Firebug like I do on > the version of 11 installed on my Mac. > > Disabling Firebug solved the problem completely with jquery.validate.js. > So I began to wonder about the other projects that had given me problems. I > went back to the old code and removed the changes I made to accommodate for > Firefox and everything worked. > > Example 1 - With Firebug enabled, this works: > http://mgh.bigheadservices.com/sweets/v7/index.fb.html > > Example 2 - Firebug Disabled, this works: > http://mgh.bigheadservices.com/sweets/v7/index.html > > Disable Firebug on example 1 and it fails. Enable on Example 2 and it > fails. > > The particular issue here is the object data. > > The correct and recommended method (used in Example 2) is: > apis.push($(this).jScrollPane({showArrows: true, innerArrows: > true}).data('jsp')); > > The method I had to use to get it to work (as I was developing in FF with > FB): > $.browser.mozilla ? > apis.push($(this).jScrollPane({showArrows: true, innerArrows: > true}).data('data.jsp')) > : apis.push($(this).jScrollPane({showArrows: true, innerArrows: > true}).data('jsp')); > > Using the recommended method would cause a failure when I tried to access > the stored data: > $.each(apis, function(i) { > * this.destroy();* > }); > > The altered version: > $.each(apis, function(i) { > $.browser.mozilla ? this.*jsp*.destroy() : this.destroy(); > }); > > I do not make any claim to be a programming Ninja or expert at all. I've > been more than willing to accept that the failures were mine. However, > disabling Firebug has eliminated all javascript errors on the 2 projects > I've tested. The pages function as they were designed to. I'm hopeful that > this helps others that might be dealing with similar issues where a script > is inexplicably failing solely in Firefox. > > > -- 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 https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/firebug
