lastNeverTallest option causes endless loop, crashes page

[thezerobit]

This code:

if(options.lastNeverTallest && lastIsMax){
    // the last column is the tallest
    // so allow columns to be taller
    // and retry
    targetHeight = targetHeight + 30;
    if(loopCount == maxLoops-1) maxLoops++;
}

easily causes the surrounding loop to continue forever as it always puts the one element into the last column, so lastIsMax is always true, so the loop continues forever. changing the targetHeight does not change anything. This crashes Firefox and crashes the tab in Chrome.

[adamwulf]

thanks for the heads up. can you submit a URL or sample html file that shows this error?

Thanks!

[thezerobit]

Unfortunately, the page with the issue is not public.

[adamwulf]

could you send me an html file that reproduces the error?

[thezerobit]

Having a hard time reproducing, sorry! I depends on the data. I tried--I really did.

[andref]

We constructed a relatively isolated test-case for this issue. It's in this Gist here.

[adamwulf]

thanks! i'll take a look

[acabal]

Just wanted to say that something similar is affecting me too, and only with jQuery 1.6+. I get an infinite loop that crashes the tab. It's forcing me to stay on jQuery 1.5.2 :(

Hope to see this fixed soon--thanks for your hard work and the amazing plugin!