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ubuntu-html5-theme package

Clicking an anchor with target _blank does not open the link

Bug #1392281 reported by Jean-Francois Moy
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This bug affects 1 person
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
ubuntu-html5-theme (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Medium
Alexandre Abreu
webbrowser-app (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Undecided
Unassigned

Bug Description

When clicking an anchor with a _blank target in a HTML5 application (using webapp-container), the link is not opened and the following message is displayed in the console:

qml: Invalid message received: {"event":"newtab","url":"http://developer.ubuntu.com/api/html5/current/"}

Steps to reproduce:

Open Ubuntu SDK
Create an HTML5 Application using the default template
Run the application on your desktop
Click any of the two buttons
Nothing happens

Related branches

lp:~abreu-alexandre/webbrowser-app/local-app
PS Jenkins bot: Needs Fixing (continuous-integration)
Olivier Tilloy: Approve
Diff: 322 lines (+124/-6)
11 files modified
src/app/browserapplication.h (+1/-1)
src/app/webcontainer/WebApp.qml (+3/-1)
src/app/webcontainer/WebViewImplOxide.qml (+11/-1)
src/app/webcontainer/WebViewImplWebkit.qml (+1/-0)
src/app/webcontainer/WebappContainerWebview.qml (+3/-1)
src/app/webcontainer/url-pattern-utils.cpp (+8/-1)
src/app/webcontainer/url-pattern-utils.h (+4/-0)
src/app/webcontainer/webapp-container.cpp (+65/-1)
src/app/webcontainer/webapp-container.h (+4/-0)
src/app/webcontainer/webapp-container.qml (+3/-0)
tests/autopilot/webapp_container/tests/test_app_launch.py (+21/-0)
lp:webbrowser-app/rtm-14.09
David Barth (dbarth)
Changed in ubuntu-html5-theme (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Alexandre Abreu (abreu-alexandre)
importance: Undecided → Medium
status: New → Confirmed
Revision history for this message
Alexandre Abreu (abreu-alexandre) wrote :

This is going to be properly handled with the branch linked which allows local apps to be handled by the container.

Changed in ubuntu-html5-theme (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → In Progress
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package webbrowser-app - 0.23+15.04.20141121-0ubuntu1

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webbrowser-app (0.23+15.04.20141121-0ubuntu1) vivid; urgency=low

  [ CI bot ]
  * Resync trunk

  [ Ubuntu daily release ]
  * New rebuild forced

  [ Alexandre Abreu ]
  * Make use of the hostMappingRules in oxide and expose it in the
    webcontext Improve container url AP tests with newly introduced
    hostmapping in oxide 1.3
  * HTML5 apps are currently using a specific container/launcher as
    their runtime. They should use the webapp container instead. (LP:
    #1392281, #1388988)

  [ Olivier Tilloy ]
  * Update translation template.
 -- Ubuntu daily release <email address hidden> Fri, 21 Nov 2014 20:38:17 +0000

Changed in webbrowser-app (Ubuntu):
status: New → Fix Released
Alexandre Abreu (abreu-alexandre)
Changed in ubuntu-html5-theme (Ubuntu):
status: In Progress → Fix Released
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