Version: 3.5.6 (using KDE 3.5.6, compiled sources) Compiler: Target: i586-mandriva-linux-gnu OS: Linux (i686) release 2.6.20-tmb-desktop-3mdvsmp Konqueror implicitly defines globally scoped variables for each DOM element with an ID attributes (maybe for Internet Explorer compatibility? this isn't mandated by W3C DOM specifications). This implicit definition is not set for FORM elements. (see attached test case)
Created attachment 19812 [details] testcase: cannot access form elements through implicitly defined global
Created attachment 19813 [details] testcase: can't override the implcit undefined reference The funny thing, is that I also can't override the implicit variable (that is "undefined") - trying to set it to something (in this test case - to the element itself) is futile and has no effect.
Thanks for the testcase, but, uhm, there are no w3c specs on window, so the behavior is as good as a reverse-engineering/emulation we can do of IE and FFox based on bug reports... You're right that something funny is happening here, though, will take a look..
Created attachment 19819 [details] patch This should fix it --- hasKey for HTMLDocument wasn't right for this case.. (And hence trunk shouldn't be affected). Not committing yet, since I can't regtest this well atm..
Created attachment 19820 [details] Automateable testcase A TC likely suitable for regression testing --- does not require human interaction..
Regarding comment #2 - this is an IE only emulation: Firefox/Gecko does not offer such a behavior. Additionally, while there isn't currently a W3 specification for window object, the working draft for Window 1.0 ( http://www.w3.org/TR/Window ) does not mention such a compatibility mode. Not that I'm saying it shouldn't be implemented, but it still shouldn't break valid scripts. Thanks for the patch, and I hope you can commit it to the 3.5 branch, as well as to the KDE 4 branch.
Woops, still need to commit this...
This is still reproducible in 3.5.9 but resolved in trunk r798768.
Decided it's too invasive for 3.5.x.