IE DOM Error Message / Operation Aborted
Tags: append, dom, ie, insert, operation-aborted
It is possible in IE for DOM manipulation during load to cause an error that looks like the following
IE “Internet Explorer cannot open the Internet site” … “Operation aborted”
This error is directly cause by script called with in an element that attempts to append/insert DOM nodes to its unclosed parent’s parent node. For example the following code will work fine in FireFox and Opera, but not in IE.
<html>
<head>
<title>Test</title>
</head>
<body>
<div id=”div0″ style=”width:150px;border:1px solid black;margin:25px;”>Test Div 0</div>
<div id=”div1″ style=”width:200px;border:1px solid red”>
Test Div 1
<div>
<script type=”text/javascript”>
var div0 = document.getElementById( “div0″ );
var div1 = … Continue Reading