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Bug 18201 - The rules for setting a src attribute on frame are incorrect; they should match those for iframe (except the bits about srcdoc ofc). In particular, the empty string causes about:blank to load, not the current document.
Summary: The rules for setting a src attribute on frame are incorrect; they should mat...
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: HTML WG
Classification: Unclassified
Component: HTML5 spec (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: Other other
: P3 normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: This bug has no owner yet - up for the taking
QA Contact: HTML WG Bugzilla archive list
URL: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/...
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Reported: 2012-07-18 17:39 UTC by contributor
Modified: 2012-10-06 00:54 UTC (History)
6 users (show)

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Description contributor 2012-07-18 17:39:35 UTC 
This was was cloned from bug 17075 as part of operation convergence.
Originally filed: 2012-05-16 08:43:00 +0000

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 #0   contributor@whatwg.org                          2012-05-16 08:43:00 +0000 
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Specification: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/
Multipage: http://www.whatwg.org/C#frames
Complete: http://www.whatwg.org/c#frames

Comment:
The rules for setting a src attribute on frame are incorrect; they should
match those for iframe (except the bits about srcdoc ofc). In particular, the
empty string causes about:blank to load, not the current document.

Posted from: 2001:4c28:a030:30:219:99ff:fe0e:5501
User agent: Opera/9.80 (X11; Linux x86_64; U; Edition Next; en) Presto/2.10.289 Version/12.00
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 #1   Ian 'Hixie' Hickson                             2012-05-30 23:34:16 +0000 
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Please assume that the rules will be changed accordingly. I'll get around to it eventually.
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Comment 1 Silvia Pfeiffer 2012-10-06 00:54:04 UTC 
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Status: Accepted
Change Description:
https://github.com/w3c/html/commit/9d68166cea3391d2fbdb728c4b35123d72ea25d9
Rationale: accepted WHATWG change