Bug 8562 - Remove use of _webSuperviewOfClass: and related in WebKit
Summary: Remove use of _webSuperviewOfClass: and related in WebKit
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: WebKit
Classification: Unclassified
Component: WebKit Misc. (show other bugs)
Version: 420+
Hardware: Mac OS X 10.4
: P2 Normal
Assignee: Maciej Stachowiak
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Reported: 2006-04-24 01:00 PDT by Maciej Stachowiak
Modified: 2006-10-12 16:23 PDT (History)
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clean up view hierarchy hacks (38.92 KB, patch)
2006-04-24 01:00 PDT, Maciej Stachowiak 		andersca: review+
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Description Maciej Stachowiak 2006-04-24 01:00:05 PDT 
Many parts of WebKit depend on walking the view hierarchy and finding classes of a specific type to do their business. This is fragile and may get in the way of future refactoring.
Comment 1 Maciej Stachowiak 2006-04-24 01:00:32 PDT 
Created attachment 7937 [details]
clean up view hierarchy hacks
Comment 2 Anders Carlsson 2006-04-24 02:24:02 PDT 
Comment on attachment 7937 [details]
clean up view hierarchy hacks

r=me
Comment 3 Tim Omernick 2006-07-11 19:43:10 PDT 
This somehow fixed <rdar://problem/4480737>.  I wonder why.
Comment 4 David Harrison 2006-10-12 16:23:25 PDT 
This led to <rdar://problem/4588878> 'WebHTMLView' may not respond to '-_webView'