[richfaces-issues] [JBoss JIRA] (RF-12038) IE8 - Object does not support this property or method - a4j:jsFunction

From our side we must have an id as the id is used by our automated testing tool.

IE8 - Object does not support this property or method - a4j:jsFunction ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Key: RF-12038 URL: https://issues.jboss.org/browse/RF-12038 Project: RichFaces Issue Type: Bug Security Level: Public(Everyone can see) Components: component-a4j-core Affects Versions: 4.2.0.Final Environment: cssparser-0.9.6- guava-11.0.1 - hibernate-validator-4.2.0.Final - JSF/Mojarra 2.1.6 - springframework-3.0.6.RELEASE - sac-1.3 - Windows 7 - IE 8.0.1.7601.17514 Reporter: Jean ANDRE Fix For: 4.2.1.CR1 Attachments: index.xhtml, NestedWeb.zip Under IE8, IE reports the following error message due to a javascript error. However, the page are well displayed and the application is running ok. Object doesn't support this property or method line 177 caracter 1 Object doesn't support this property or method line 177 caracter 99 Under IE Debugger, the line is: {code} closeTab=function(tabId){RichFaces.ajax("closeTab",null,{"incId":"1","parameters":{"tabId":tabId} } )};< The caracter 99, is..............................................................................| (here) {code} This is a code generated by a4j:jsFunction from the XHTML {code} <!-- --> <!-- CLOSE TAB --> <!-- --> <a4j:jsFunction id="closeTab" name="closeTab" action="#{desktopTabController.doCloseTab}" render="menu-opened-tabs,desktopTabPanel"> <a4j:param name="tabId" assignTo="#{desktopTabController.closeTabId}" /> </a4j:jsFunction> {code} The rendered code is : {code} <!-- --> <!-- CLOSE TAB --> <!-- --><span id="closeTab" style="display: none;"><script type="text/javascript">closeTab=function(tabId){RichFaces.ajax("closeTab",null,{"incId":"1","parameters":{"tabId":tabId} } )};</script></span> {code} See also this link as we got almost a similar: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=601360.