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[Baderf]

URL: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/76332896/firefox-form-submitting-into-newly-created-window?noredirect=1

Browser / Version: Chrome 113.0.0
Operating System: Windows 10
Tested Another Browser: Yes Other

Problem type: Something else
Description: Javascript bug window.open -> targetwindow
Steps to Reproduce:
The correct description you can find on:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/76332896/firefox-form-submitting-into-newly-created-window?noredirect=1

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[softvision-raul-bucata]

We appreciate your report. Unfortunately having insufficient details about the issue you submitted, we cannot help you with it. Please leave a comment with more details regarding the steps to reproduce, or file a new report with specific details and we will gladly investigate this further

[qa_21/2023]

[Baderf]

Ok, i will try my best:

Create a html-form as follows:

<form name="TestName" class="smallform" action="myActionUrl.php" method="post" target="myTestWindowID" rel="noopener" style="display: none">
    <input type="hidden" name="aValue" value="">
    <input type="hidden" name="bValue">
    <input type="hidden" name="cValue">
</form>

Then execute the code below:

document.myform.aValue.value = 1;
document.myform.bValue.value = 2;
document.myform.cValue.value = '3';
document.myform.target = 'myTestWindowID'

var popup = window.open('#', 'myTestWindowID', 'width=600,height=600,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,copyhistory=no');

document.myform.submit();

This will open a new window 600x600 pixels AND a new tab.

Other browsers like Chrome, Opera, IE, Safari dont open a new tab. Instead of this the browser is sending the formdata to the new openend window 600x600.

As I mentioned, the browser Firefox should also execute this behaviour. Like in https://www.w3schools.com/tags/att_form_target.asp correctly written, the form-attribute target must be set to the window-ID newly created.

But Firefox isn't doing so. That's the bug.

[softvision-raul-bucata]

@Baderf Can you please provide a screen recording? I am not quite sure where I should execute this code and how.

[inv_21/2023]

[salllqu]

We appreciate your report. Unfortunately having insufficient details about the issue you submitted, we cannot help you with it. Please leave a comment with more details regarding the steps to reproduce, or file a new report with specific details and we will gladly investigate this further

[softvision-raul-bucata]

@salllqu Please do not interfere with our triage process.

[inv_22/2023]

[softvision-raul-bucata]

Unfortunately being unable to reproduce the issue you are experiencing, we cannot help you with it. Please leave a comment with more details, or file a new report and we will gladly investigate this further.
This will be closed as Incomplete.

[inv_23/2023]