[tor-bugs] #3815 [EFF-HTTPS Everywhere]: context menu does not work on error pages

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#3815: context menu does not work on error pages
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 Reporter:  pde                   |          Owner:  pde     
     Type:  defect                |         Status:  accepted
 Priority:  normal                |      Milestone:          
Component:  EFF-HTTPS Everywhere  |        Version:          
 Keywords:                        |         Parent:          
   Points:                        |   Actualpoints:          
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Changes (by pde):

  * status:  new => accepted


Comment:

 The underlying reason for this is that (a) the ApplicableList data
 structures used to populate the context menu are attached to
 nsIDOMWindows; (b) a new nsIDOMWindow is created when the error occurs;
 (c) naively, we don't seem to learn the URI that caused the error from
 within the error window.

 Probably the easiest way forward would be to find a way around (c).
 Followed by finding a way to bridge across the information loss at (b).
 Getting (a) to work at all was a nightmare that I do not wish to revisit.

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