Crash in Safari 3 beta

I just started using the aqua-soft skin on a vBulletin site running v. 3.6.7 and I've been able to verify a crash. In fact, the crash occurs even on this site. Some of the time it doesn't crash completely but the window locks up, no other links or buttons work.

I've pinned the problem down to the search box (Search Forums), why it happens and what you might want to do about it.

On the Safari browser, when there is default text in that search box, Safari puts up a small graphic "X" designed to clear the box of text. You are using an onFocus javascript to clear the box as well.

If someone clicks on the "X" to clear the box, the onFocus tries to run at the same time. This seems to cause a race condition.

If you switch to an onClick statement, the crash will not occur.

#461279

Hmm, I'm unable to reproduce this. I'm using Safari (latest beta 3.0.2) and havn't had any crashes with this site.

Is anyone else having problems with this?

#461287

I went back to Safari 2 just to test it out, it didn't happen there. I've since tried it again after reinstalling Safari 3 and 3.02 and it seems to only occur with those versions.

I also can't get it to crash, at least not today. The interface still locks up, but it can be resumed; I wouldn't call it a serious bug and it is probably a bug in Safari.

The exact way to duplicate what I am seeing is:

1. Reload this page in Safari 3

2. Click on the grey "X" graphic to remove the "Search Forums" text

3. Click on the "Quick Links" button.

What I'm seeing is that none of the buttons, links or menus work. It was during this time that Safari would crash. It's not crashing now but the UI still locks up. The only item that doesn't lock up is the search box.

I've also found that if you type text into the search box, the interface starts to respond again.

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