VisualEditor: Pressing tab on a slug throws error "Cannot call method 'getParent' of null" and does not go to the next line or next item
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	Ryasmeen
	Mar 14 2014, 8:10 PM

Description

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Steps to reproduce:

1.Open a page with VE
2.Place the cursor in a slug
3.Press tab

Observed Result:
An error appears in the console:
Uncaught TypeError: Cannot call method 'getParent' of null
ve.Document.getCoveredSiblingGroups
ve.ui.IndentationAction.increase
ve.ui.Surface.execute
ve.ui.Command.execute
ve.ui.Surface.execute
ve.ce.Surface.onDocumentKeyDown
proxy load.php:10
ve.EventSequencer.onEvent
(anonymous function)
jQuery.event.dispatch load.php:45
elemData.handle.eventHandle

Test Environment: production
Browser: Chrome Version 26.0.1410.65
OS: MAC OS X 10. 8. 5
Page:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:RYasmeen_(WMF)/sandbox?veaction=edit

Version: unspecified
Severity: normal

Attached:

Screen_Shot_2014-03-14_at_1.09.40_PM.png (750×1 px, 314 KB)

Details

Reference: bz62657

Event Timeline

• bzimport raised the priority of this task from to High.Nov 22 2014, 2:51 AM

• bzimport added projects: VE-deploy-2014-03-20, VisualEditor-ContentEditable.

• bzimport set Reference to bz62657.

Ryasmeen created this task.Mar 14 2014, 8:10 PM

Change 119045 had a related patch set uploaded by Esanders:
Don't try to return the document in getCoveredNodes

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/119045

Change 119045 merged by jenkins-bot:
Don't try to return the document in getCoveredNodes

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/119045

Verified the fix on Betalabs:http://en.wikipedia.beta.wmflabs.org/wiki/User:RYasmeen_(WMF)?veaction=edit

Verified the fix on test2:https://test2.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wmf19?veaction=edit

Jdforrester-WMF added a project: VisualEditor.Dec 3 2014, 2:08 AM

Jdforrester-WMF added a project: VisualEditor pre-2015 work.Sep 26 2015, 2:04 PM

VisualEditor: Pressing tab on a slug throws error "Cannot call method 'getParent' of null" and does not go to the next line or next itemClosed, ResolvedPublicActions

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VisualEditor: Pressing tab on a slug throws error "Cannot call method 'getParent' of null" and does not go to the next line or next item
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