Bug 216942 – REGRESSION(r267379): Web Inspector: Sources navigation sidebar is empty every other time it's selected

• Status: RESOLVED
• Resolution: FIXED
• Component: Web Inspector

[Nikita Vasilyev]

Created attachment 409615 [details]
[Image] Bug

Steps:
1. Select Sources tab
2. Select Elements tab
3. Select Sources tab

Expected:
Sources navigation sidebar shouldn't be empty on step 1 or 3.

[Radar WebKit Bug Importer]

<rdar://problem/69520398>

[Nikita Vasilyev]

TabBrowser.js:407

        this._navigationSidebar.addSidebarPanel(navigationSidebarPanel);

this._navigationSidebar._sidebarPanels is [] here.

[Nikita Vasilyev]

Created attachment 409617 [details]
Patch

[Nikita Vasilyev]

Created attachment 409618 [details]
[Video] With patch applied

[Blaze Burg]

Comment on attachment 409617 [details]
Patch

View in context: https://bugs.webkit.org/attachment.cgi?id=409617&action=review

r=me with some copyediting

> Source/WebInspectorUI/UserInterface/Views/Sidebar.js:75
> +        console.assert(!(sidebarPanel.parentSidebar && sidebarPanel.parentSidebar !== this), "sidebarPanel already has a different parentSidebar", sidebarPanel);

The assertion message seems incorrect, it could assert if sidebarPanel.parentSidebar is falsy as well.

How about a simpler message "Failed to insert sidebar panel". We'd be able to infer which condition failed from looking at the `sidebarPanel` argument, so a more specific message is unnecessary.

[Nikita Vasilyev]

Created attachment 409620 [details]
Patch

[EWS]

Committed r267546: <https://trac.webkit.org/changeset/267546>

All reviewed patches have been landed. Closing bug and clearing flags on attachment 409620 [details].