Previously a couple of different attempts at fixing this problem has been rejected, given how *crucial* this code is for the correct function of the viewer, since no one has thus far provided any evidence that the problem actually affects the default viewer[1] nor an example using the viewer components directly (without another library on top).
The fact that none of the prior patches contained even a *simple* unit-test probably contributed to the unwillingness of a reviewer to sign off on the suggested changes.
However, it turns out that it's possible to create a reduced test-case, using the default viewer, that demonstrates the error[2]. Since this utilizes a hidden `<iframe>`, please note that this error will thus affect Firefox as well.
Note that while errors are thrown when the hidden `<iframe>` loads, the default viewer doesn't break completely since rendering does start working once the `<iframe>` becomes visible (although the errors do break the initial Toolbar state).
Before making any changes here, I carefully read through not just the immediately relevant code but also the rendering code in the viewer (given it's dependence on `getVisibleElements`). After concluding that the changes should be safe in general, the default viewer was tested without any issues found. (The above being much easier with significant prior experience of working with the viewer code.)
Finally the patch also adds new unit-tests, one of which explicitly triggers the relevant code-path and will thus fail with the current `master` branch.
This patch also makes `PDFViewerApplication` slightly more robust against errors during document opening, to ensure that viewer/document initialization always completes as expected.
Please keep in mind that even though this patch prevents an error in `getVisibleElements`, it's still not possible to set the initial position/zoom level/sidebar view etc. when the viewer is hidden since rendering and scrolling is completely dependent[3] on being able to actually access the DOM elements.
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[1] And hence the PDF Viewer that's built-in to Firefox.
[2] Copy the HTML code below and save it as `iframe.html`, and place the file in the `web/` folder. Then start the server, with `gulp server`, and navigate to http://localhost:8888/web/iframe.html
```html
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Iframe test</title>
<script>
window.onload = function() {
const button = document.getElementById('button1');
const frame = document.getElementById('frame1');
button.addEventListener('click', function(evt) {
frame.hidden = !frame.hidden;
});
};
</script>
</head>
<body>
<button id="button1">Toggle iframe</button>
<br>
<iframe id="frame1" width="800" height="600" src="http://localhost:8888/web/viewer.html" hidden="true"></iframe>
</body>
</html>
```
[3] This is an old, pre-exisiting, issue that's not relevant to this patch as such (and it's already being tracked elsewhere).
This patch is the first step to be able to eventually get rid of the `attachDOMEventsToEventBus` function, by allowing `EventBus` instances to simply re-dispatch most[1] events to the DOM.
Note that the re-dispatching is purposely implemented to occur *after* all registered `EventBus` listeners have been serviced, to prevent the ordering issues that necessitated the duplicated page/scale-change events.
The DOM events are currently necessary for the `mozilla-central` tests, see https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/file/tip/browser/extensions/pdfjs/test, and perhaps also for custom deployments of the PDF.js default viewer.
Once this have landed, and been successfully uplifted to `mozilla-central`, I intent to submit a patch to update the test-code to utilize the new preference. This will thus, eventually, make it possible to remove the `attachDOMEventsToEventBus` functionality.
*Please note:* I've successfully ran all `mozilla-central` tests locally, with these patches applied.
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[1] The exception being events that originated on the `window` or `document`, since those are already globally available anyway.
A couple of basic unit-tests are added, and a manual `isLandscape` check (in `web/base_viewer.js`) is also converted to use the helper function instead.
These were removed in PR 9170, since they were unused in the browsers that we'll support in PDF.js version `2.0`.
However looking at the output of Travis, where a subset of the unit-tests are run using Node.js, there's warnings about `btoa` being undefined. This doesn't appear to cause any errors, which probably explains why we didn't notice this before (despite PR 9201).
This changes both `PDFViewer` and `PDFThumbnailViewer` to return early in the `pagesRotation` setters if the rotation doesn't change.
It also fixes an existing issue, in `PDFViewer`, that would cause errors if the rotation changes *before* the scale has been set to a non-default value.
Finally, in preparation for subsequent patches, it also refactors the rotation code in `web/app.js` to update the thumbnails and trigger rendering with the new `rotationchanging` event.
With the exception of just one test-case, all the current `ui_utils` unit-tests can run successfully on Node.js (since most of them doesn't rely on the DOM).
To get this working, I had to first of all add a new `LIB` build flag such that `gulp lib` produces a `web/pdfjs.js` file that is able to load `pdf.js` successfully.
Second of all, since neither `document` nor `navigator` is available in Node.js, `web/ui_utils.js` was adjusted slightly to avoid errors.
The patch also changes the `defaultFilename` to use the ES6 default parameter notation, and fixes the formatting of the JSDoc comment.
Finally, since `getPDFFileNameFromURL` currently has no unit-tests, a few basic ones are added to avoid regressions.
Apparently some PDF files can have annotations with `URI` entries ending with `null` characters, thus breaking the links.
To handle this edge-case of bad PDFs, this patch moves the already existing utility function from `ui_utils.js` into `util.js`, in order to fix those URLs.
Fixes 6832.
