microsoft / microsoft/Game-Control-Puzzle-Event-Administration-Tools

Setting an HTML content item with no text in it crashes the page

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Description

The code at https://github.com/microsoft/Game-Control-Puzzle-Event-Administration-Tools/blob/ec1f7cf8a9799f60a53349e735d143736ccb50d5/client/src/components/staff/presentation/AdditionalContent.tsx#L30 sets the innerHtml of a particular ToCItem's page when a HTML content item is set.

If someone purposefully or accidentally creates an empty HTML content item, stringContent is null and the entire page crashes.

We should either input validate content before we set a null item or we should gracefully handle empty htmlContent (ideally both).

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Research direction

Start in client/src/components/staff/presentation/AdditionalContent.tsx at the referenced line and trace how an HTML content item supplies stringContent to the page. Ensure an empty item is validated or handled without crashing, and verify that selecting one leaves the page usable.

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Assessment

Tech stack
typescript
Domain
frontend
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Clearly specified
Newbie friendliness
64/100

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