xsl javascript firefox 1

JustinEzequiel · Mar 21, 2007

The following works just fine in IE but not in FireFox.
What am I doing wrong?
The FireFox page-loading indicator just keeps going but the page does not load completely.
If I add a document.close(), the indicator stops but I do not get the rest of the output.
FireFox output stops at the emphasized "This will work".

Code:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="[URL unfurl="true"]http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">[/URL]
<xsl:output method='html' version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'/>

  <xsl:variable name="root" select="/files/@path"/>
  
  <xsl:template match="/">
    <html>
    <head>
    <title>Directory listing for <xsl:value-of select="$root" /></title>
    </head>
    <body>
        <script type="text/javascript">
          document.write ("&lt;em&gt;This will work&lt;\/em&gt;")
        </script>
        <hr />

        <xsl:apply-templates select="files"/>
        
        <hr />
    </body>
    </html>
  </xsl:template>
  
  <xsl:template match="files">
    <table border="1" cellspacing="3" cellpadding="3" style="border-collapse:collapse">
      <tr>
        <th>Name</th>
        <th>Size</th>
        <th>Modified</th>
      </tr>

    <xsl:for-each select="file">
    <xsl:sort select="@name"/>
      <tr>
        <td><xsl:value-of select="@name" /></td>
        <td align="right"><xsl:value-of select="format-number(@size, '#,###')" /></td>
        <td><xsl:value-of select="@date" /></td>
      </tr>
    </xsl:for-each>

    </table>
  </xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet>

Code:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="ONLINE.xsl"?>
<files path="/springer/mik60007/trunk/graphics/output/ONLINE/">
<file date="2007-02-12 13:57:16" name="s14344-006-0007-4flb1.gif" size="1748517485" />
<file date="2007-02-12 13:57:16" name="s14344-006-0007-4flb2.gif" size="15407" />
<file date="2007-02-12 13:57:16" name="s14344-006-0007-4flb3.gif" size="15366" />
</files>

tsuji · Mar 21, 2007

[1] For intersperse use of document.write within some static html tagging, it would normally require judicious use of document.open() and document.close() to avoid hanging in general in moz/ff/nn or at times ie. With that idea, we would aniticipate something like this.
[tt]
<xsl:template match="/">
<script type="text/javascript">
document.open();
</script>
<html>
<head>

</body>
</html>
<script type="text/javascript">
document.close();
</script>
</xsl:template>
[/tt]
(The exact place can vary a bit to everybody's taste with the same result.) In this case, the table does show but on moz/ff/nn it still hang... This residue "hanging" is specifically related to xml-xslt rendering and is recognized as a "bug":
ref

http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/XSL_Transformations_in_Mozilla_FAQ#What_about_document.write.3F

[2] The proper remedy is to use moz/ff/nn specific script on those particular places. Like this.
[tt]
<body>
<xsl:if test="system-property('xsl:vendor')='Transformiix'">

<em>This will work</em>
</xsl:if>
<xsl:if test="system-property('xsl:vendor')='Microsoft'">


<script type="text/javascript">
document.write ("<em>This will work<\/em>")
</script>
</xsl:if>
<hr />
<xsl:apply-templates select="files"/>
<hr />
</body>
[/tt]

JustinEzequiel · Mar 21, 2007

Thanks tsuji!

The example was contrived (i.e., simplified).

My actual script had a for-loop and other stuff to calculate HREFs.
Was eventually able to calculate/generate the HREFs via only XSLT.

However, later, I'm hoping to add scripts to allow users to sort the table columns by clicking on the column headers.
Will ask here if I encounter problems.

BTW, thanks for the URL!

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