alert() not working in Chrome

Question

\'nuff said. I have absolutely no clue why using alert() there wouldn\'t work. It works perfectly in

Answer 1

Take a look at this thread: http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=4158

The problem is caused by javascript method "window.open(URL, windowName[, windowFeatures])". If the 3rd parameter windowFeatures is specified, then alert box doesn't work in the popup constrained window in Chrome, here is a simplified reduction:

http://go/reductions/4158/test-home-constrained.html

If the 3rd parameter windowFeatures is ignored, then alert box works in the popup in Chrome(the popup is actually opened as a new tab in Chrome), like this:

http://go/reductions/4158/test-home-newtab.html

it doesn't happen in IE7, Firefox3 or Safari3, it's a chrome specific issue.

See also attachments for simplified reductions