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fix mutation observer on broken pages #33

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12 changes: 8 additions & 4 deletions managetitle.js
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Expand Up @@ -343,10 +343,14 @@ var addUrlToWindowTitle = (function() {

});

var config = { attributes: true, childList: true, characterData: true };
var target = document.querySelector('head > title');

// Only run the observer on tabs that have a <head /> (e.g., not about:blank)
var config = { attributes: true, childList: true, characterData: true, subtree: true };
// in theory, the selector should be head > title, but some in some webpages with broken
// HTML the title tag is automatically moved to the body by the browser, and changes to it
// still change the actual website title. the title element also cannot validly appear
// anywhere else, so just selecting title is fine
var target = document.querySelector('title');

// Only run the observer on tabs that have a <title /> (e.g., not about:blank)
if(target !== null){
titleObserver.observe(target, config);
}
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