From 5b20afbd06f981fbed7f01ea1e5ed8ee71b4343e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Phil Ringnalda <philringnalda@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2008 15:43:20 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Bug 438526 - Opening links with target="_search" in the
 sidebar is broken, no longer supported by IE, and should be removed,
 r=mconnor

---
 browser/base/content/browser.js | 20 --------------------
 1 file changed, 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/browser/base/content/browser.js b/browser/base/content/browser.js
index 77c426acd0a..8113afb0907 100644
--- a/browser/base/content/browser.js
+++ b/browser/base/content/browser.js
@@ -4809,26 +4809,6 @@ function asyncOpenWebPanel(event)
          event.preventDefault();
          return false;
        }
-       else if (target == "_search") {
-         // Used in WinIE as a way of transiently loading pages in a sidebar.  We
-         // mimic that WinIE functionality here and also load the page transiently.
-
-         // DISALLOW_INHERIT_PRINCIPAL is used here in order to also
-         // block javascript and data: links targeting the sidebar.
-         try {
-           const nsIScriptSecurityMan = Ci.nsIScriptSecurityManager;
-           urlSecurityCheck(wrapper.href,
-                            wrapper.ownerDocument.nodePrincipal,
-                            nsIScriptSecurityMan.DISALLOW_INHERIT_PRINCIPAL);
-         }
-         catch(ex) {
-           return false;
-         } 
-
-         openWebPanel(gNavigatorBundle.getString("webPanels"), wrapper.href);
-         event.preventDefault();
-         return false;
-       }
      }
      else {
        handleLinkClick(event, wrapper.href, linkNode);