Bug 28176 – "document.documentElement.removeAttribute("style");" occasionally silently fails.

• Status: RESOLVED
• Resolution: CONFIGURATION CHANGED
• Component: CSS

[Vincent Bernardi]

This bug happens on both releases of Safari 3.2.3 (Windows XP/Intel) and Safari 4.0.2 (Mac OS X 10.5.8/Intel and Windows XP/Intel).

When first loaded my script does
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document.documentElement.style.display = "none";
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to delay the display of the page.

Later it does 
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document.documentElement.removeAttribute("style");
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This makes the page display correctly on IE 7,8 and FF3 but on Safari 3 and 4 the page stays blank as if the instruction had been discarded.
This bug mysteriously disapears if the page is loaded while the Error Console is enabled under Safari 4 (both Win and Mac). In that case the page displays correctly.

Suggested workaround: replacing the above line with 
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document.documentElement.style.display = "";
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makes it work, both with and without the Error Console enabled.

[madcampos]

this bug happens on safari and chrome, tested on windows.
element.removeAttribute('style') fails

as a workaround i am setting the attribute style to null, then removing, this seems to make webkit aware of the attribute's existence.

my browser versions are:
Safari v5.1.2
Chrome v16.0.912.77

[Alexey Proskuryakov]

Could someone please attach a test case?

[madcampos]

Created attachment 124607 [details]
Test URL (should be working)

This url uses the workarround i proposed in the file interface.js around line 89

[Kang-Hao (Kenny) Lu]

This is either duplicated by Bug 99295 or a duplicate of it.