Re: dispatchEvent on svg node in firefox

I just want to post a solution to my problem:

Thanks to Boris we discovered that my problem was that I want to trigger a
default handler to an <a href>-tag, which is prohibited by Firefox unless
the script is running as a chrome:// app (e.g. a firefox extension). For the
html button I used an onclick handler, which can be triggered by my script.
Therefore, the problem was not svg vs. html but default handler (<a href>)
vs. onclick handler.

Today I found a very handsome solution. John Resig blogged about the new
fireunit test framework (http://ejohn.org/blog/fireunit/). This is an add-on
to firebug. Besides offering unit testing capabilities, it also offers some
event trigger like mousedown, click, focus, and key events. Therefore, I
don't have to write my own firefox extension but can just use a call to
fireunit.click( domNode ) to trigger my click event. It is not compatible
with other browsers but allows for a very simple solution.

kind regards
Volker

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On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 8:52 PM, Boris Zbarsky <[email protected]> wrote:

> Volker Gersabeck wrote:
>
>> well, in my case, with html it works.
>>
>
> I'd love to see the testcase.  It doesn't work over here, and code
> inspection says it shouldn't work.  If it works, it's a security bug.
>
>  what I might add to the description of my problem: the xhtml  + svg is
>> contained within an iFrame and the Javascript runs in the context of the
>> outer file (the one that contains the iFrame). But i'm not sure, whether
>> this makes my code privileged.
>>
>
> No.
>
>  Btw: could you please write a sentence about
>> what privileged code is, or just point me to a page with some
>> explanations?
>> That would be great.
>>
>
> Privileged code is either part of the browser user interface (e.g. an
> extension) or code that has been granted UniversalXPConnect privileges via
> enablePrivilege.  I'm pretty sure we have some documentation on the latter
> that's findable via Google, but I'd have to look for it.
>
>
> -Boris
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