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Bug 13403 - window.self seems to be [Replaceable] in Gecko,WebKit. This is needed for compatability with some sites.
Summary: window.self seems to be [Replaceable] in Gecko,WebKit. This is needed for com...
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: HTML WG
Classification: Unclassified
Component: LC1 HTML5 spec (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: Other other
: P3 normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Ian 'Hixie' Hickson
QA Contact: HTML WG Bugzilla archive list
URL: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/...
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Reported: 2011-07-28 11:02 UTC by contributor
Modified: 2011-09-23 19:51 UTC (History)
6 users (show)

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Description contributor 2011-07-28 11:02:51 UTC 
Specification: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/multipage/browsers.html
Multipage: http://www.whatwg.org/C#the-window-object
Complete: http://www.whatwg.org/c#the-window-object

Comment:
window.self seems to be [Replaceable] in Gecko,WebKit. This is needed for
compatability with some sites.

Posted from: 2001:4c28:a030:30:219:99ff:fe0e:5501
User agent: Opera/9.80 (X11; Linux x86_64; U; Edition Next; en) Presto/2.9.181 Version/12.00
Comment 1 Michael[tm] Smith 2011-08-04 05:16:13 UTC 
mass-move component to LC1
Comment 2 Ian 'Hixie' Hickson 2011-08-16 04:26:26 UTC 
Is there a testcase demonstrating this?
Comment 3 James Graham 2011-08-16 15:15:53 UTC 
http://software.hixie.ch/utilities/js/live-dom-viewer/saved/1109 for example
Comment 4 Ian 'Hixie' Hickson 2011-09-21 20:02:36 UTC 
LGTM, I'll do that.
Comment 5 Ian 'Hixie' Hickson 2011-09-23 19:48:43 UTC 
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Status: Accepted
Change Description: see diff given below
Rationale: see comment 4
Comment 6 contributor 2011-09-23 19:51:02 UTC 
Checked in as WHATWG revision r6576.
Check-in comment: Compatibility with Gecko/Webkit and apparently some legacy sites.
http://html5.org/tools/web-apps-tracker?from=6575&to=6576