Description

When using Chrome 38 or later Chrome versions and the User Manager application to add roles to existing Sitecore users, the following erratic behavior may appear.

• When adding a single role to a user, it might not appear in the list of roles after the Edit User Roles dialog is closed.

• When adding multiple roles, the following error may be raised:

  Exception Details:
  System.ArgumentException: Empty strings are not allowed.
  Parameter name: roleName
  ...
  Stack Trace:
  [ArgumentException: Empty strings are not allowed.
  Parameter name: roleName]
     Sitecore.Security.Accounts.Role.FromName(String roleName) +257
     Sitecore.Shell.Applications.Security.EditUser.EditUserPage.Add_Click() +557
   
  [TargetInvocationException: Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation.]
     System.RuntimeMethodHandle.InvokeMethod(Object target, Object[] arguments, Signature sig, Boolean constructor) +0
     System.Reflection.RuntimeMethodInfo.UnsafeInvokeInternal(Object obj, Object[] parameters, Object[] arguments) +229
  ...

Solution

To resolve the issue, follow the steps below:

1. Open the /Website/sitecore/shell/Applications/Security/SelectRoles/SelectRoles.xaml.xml file.
2. Replace the following block of code in the update() function:

if(typeof(option.innerText) != 'undefined')
{
  optionValue = option.innerText;
}
else
{
  optionValue = option.textContent;
}

with the following:

if(typeof(option.textContent) == 'undefined')
{
  optionValue = option.innerText;
}
else
{
  optionValue = option.textContent;
}

3. Clear the browser cache.