ValidationTextBox.html, ComboBox_a11y.html "_robot.typeKey is not a function" failures on FF10 (WinXP)

[bill]

I get intermittent but often occurring errors on tests/form/robot/ValidationTextBox.html and tests/form/robot/!ComboBox_a11y.html about typekeys not being found. The tests that fail vary but the error is always similar to:

dojo.js (line 705) _robot.typeKey is not a function [Break On This Error]

...e), Number(keyCode), Boolean(alt), Boolean(ctrl), Boolean(shift), Boolean(meta),...

robot (line 44) _AssertFailure: ​http://mac.local/trunk/dojo/dojo.js:351 assertEqual() failed: expected -123.00 but got - with hint: focusNode.value ERROR IN: (function () {var d = new doh.Deferred;var onChange = dojo.byId("oc8");doh.robot.typeKeys("-123.00", 1000, 1400);doh.robot.sequence(d.getTestCallback(dojo.hitch(this, function () {doh.is("-123.00", this.textbox.focusNode.value, "focusNode.value");doh.is(-123, this.textbox.get("value"), "get('value')");doh.t(this.textbox.isValid(), "isValid()");})), 1500);return d;}) dojo.js (line 705) FAILED test: negative decimal 3931 ms

[bill]

Might be a problem with DOH Robot itself, but perhaps dijit can work around it.

[haysmark]

That sounds like the applet didn't load...

[haysmark]

I tried running the form tests in FF10 and it worked... do you have any more specifics you can give me?

[bill]

I know the applet loaded because most of the tests passed. I'd suggest to try running it 10 times or so and see if you can reproduce the error. Like I said, it's a timing condition, so it won't happen every time.

[haysmark]

So you are saying you load ComboBox_a11y by itself, not in the runner, and you get that error, yet most of the tests pass?

[bill]

Yes, I'll upload the log from firebug. Problem happened on Windows XP with FF10.0 and also FF10.0.1.

[bill]

log from running ComboBox_a11y.html on FF10.0

[haysmark]

FF10 seems to be a common thread. I can consistently reproduce the error in Textarea. It types 4 sentences of the quick brown fox and then gives the error.

​http://download.dojotoolkit.org/release-1.7.2/dojo-release-1.7.2/dijit/tests/form/robot/Textarea.html

[bill]

I haven't seen this error for a while and since we will (someday) abandon doh/robot in favor of webdriver, I'm closing this ticket.