Comments on: Safari 4 breaks bookmarklets?

By: stefankloss

stefankloss — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:58:12 +0000

Hi, the bug might not be related to bookmarklets but to certain methods of the window/document/self-objects. Even in regular javascript resizeTo, moveTo, or other methods or properties setting position or size don’t work with multiple tabs open.

By: Cowicide

Cowicide — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 00:00:41 +0000

Same problem here with latest Safari 4.0.4 (5531.9) — This is really annoying…

By: dcoregon

dcoregon — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 05:37:50 +0000

I have the same problem, and I usually have a set of tabs I want to control. This all worked fine right up until version 4.

I didn’t get a valid WebKit bug id when I followed the above link.

More problems with Safari 4, relating to tabs:

I have some bookmarklets that let me operate on the current page, for instance:
javascript:void(document.location=’http://validator.w3.org/check?url=’+document.location)

Frequently I want the source page to stay up in a tab, so I’ll hold down my “apple” key when invoking the bookmarklet on the source page. In Safari 4, that has quit working. The bookmarklet still works, but it no longer looks for the Apple key down, or else ackt like it doesn’t. Luckily, I can just hit the back arrow while holding down the Apple key and I still can get it, so not so bad.

One more issue involving tabbed browsing: I have used “Saft” on MacOS for several years now, with no problems ever, but I had to remove it for the first time after upgrading to Safari 4, because doing an “open in tabs” from the bookmarks bar crashes Safari if Saft is installed.

Definitely some strangeness with tabbed browsing. Maybe some smart person will see what’s tying these problems together and get that thing fixed!

By: Cody Robbins

Cody Robbins — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 20:42:28 +0000

There seems to be a WebKit bug filed for it (https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=24218), but there’s no action on it yet.

By: Cody Robbins

Cody Robbins — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 20:34:22 +0000

This is apparently still broken in the final version of Safari 4.

By: w-cheese

w-cheese — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 14:39:33 +0000

Same issue here. Please update if anyone finds a workaround.

Thanks!

By: J

Thu, 12 Mar 2009 01:54:27 +0000

You’re right — it’s the tabs which are breaking it. I didn’t notice that before. The settings, unfortunately, had nothing to do with this…

By: peewee

peewee — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 22:49:23 +0000

Hi, same problem here. Bookmarklets work in a window with a single tab, but as soon as there is a second one they stop working. What kind of settings did you hack?

By: This is the Green Room » Progress in Safari 4

This is the Green Room » Progress in Safari 4 — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 18:41:48 +0000

[...] p.s. This will not affect your bookmarklets. [...]