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Bug 17075 - 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: WHATWG
Classification: Unclassified
Component: HTML (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: Other other
: P3 normal
Target Milestone: Unsorted
Assignee: Ian 'Hixie' Hickson
QA Contact: contributor
URL: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/...
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Depends on: 18664
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Reported: 2012-05-16 08:43 UTC by contributor
Modified: 2012-09-19 22:17 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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Description contributor 2012-05-16 08:43:00 UTC 
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.

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Comment 1 Ian 'Hixie' Hickson 2012-05-30 23:34:16 UTC 
Please assume that the rules will be changed accordingly. I'll get around to it eventually.
Comment 2 contributor 2012-07-18 17:39:38 UTC 
This bug was cloned to create bug 18201 as part of operation convergence.
Comment 3 contributor 2012-09-19 22:17:07 UTC 
Checked in as WHATWG revision r7379.
Check-in comment: Make <iframe> and <frame> more similar in processing model. (This is largely untested, so let me know if <frame> has more crazy than this.)
http://html5.org/tools/web-apps-tracker?from=7378&to=7379