category dropdown javascript wrong location after moved blog

[Pastinakel]

After moving the blog address to a different location from the wordpress address, the categories dropdown gives a 404 because it uses a wrong value.

Condition:
This happens only when the location of wordpress is not the same as the blog's location, i.e.

get_option('siteurl') != get_option('home')

Example:
Blog:  http://www.mysite.net/
WP:  http://www.mysite.net/wordpress/
Dropdown points to:  http://www.mysite.net/wordpress/?cat=1
Dropdown should point to:  http://www.mysite.net/?cat=1

Caused by:
wp-includes/widgets.php:633

location.href = "<?php echo get_option('siteurl'); ?>/?cat="+dropdown.options[dropdown.selectedIndex].value;

Fix:
wp-includes/widgets.php:633

location.href = "<?php echo get_option('home'); ?>/?cat="+dropdown.options[dropdown.selectedIndex].value;

diff

Pastinakel, thanks for the report and the patch! In the future could you please provide us with unified diffs make from the root WP directory?

If you use Subversion, you can just:

cd wordpress
svn di > ~/desktop/patch.diff

(In [5823]) Use "home," not "siteurl" for widget dropdown category URLs. Props Pastinakel. fixes #4683 for trunk

(In [5824]) Use "home," not "siteurl" for widget dropdown category URLs. Props Pastinakel. fixes #4683 for 2.2.x