Bug 9403 – Red outline from Web Inspector appears above all other OS X windows

• Component: Web Inspector (Deprecated)
• Status: RESOLVED FIXED

[David Kilzer (:ddkilzer)]

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Launch a recent WebKit nightly build (I used a locally-built r14810).
2. Navigate to a web page (e.g., http://www.apple.com/).
3. Right-click in the web page and select "Inspect Element".
4. Click on a link in the web page, or navigate to another URL.
5. QUICKLY switch to another application (via Command-Tab) that has a window which partially or totally obscures the Safari window.

Expected Results:

The red outline appears only within the Safari window that's reloading.

Actual Results:

The red outline appears above all other windows whether they're Safari browser windows or windows from other applications.

Regression:

N/A since the Web Inspector is not available in production Safari releases.

Notes:

Tested on Mac OS X 10.4.6 (8I127/PowerPC) with Safari 2.0.3 (417.9.3) and WebKit r14810.

See also Bug 8672.

[David Kilzer (:ddkilzer)]

More info from IRC:

mitz: ddkilzer: i think xenon told me that he'd tried to do it using child windows once and ran into some problems, but it's worth trying again
[...]
xenon: ddkilzer: yes mitz is right, i ran into a weird window repainting white problem when i tried child windows
xenon: but we are using child windows for other things just fine

Created attachment 12042 [details]
Make the highlight window a child window

I tested this on an iMac G5 and didn't notice any repainting issues.

[Geoffrey Garen]

Comment on attachment 12042 [details]
Make the highlight window a child window

r=me

[Sam Weinig]

Landed in r18445.