EDT firstChild call will return a text element when the source code is formatted to have one element per line ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Key: RF-13664 URL: https://issues.jboss.org/browse/RF-13664 Project: RichFaces Issue Type: Feature Request Security Level: Public(Everyone can see) Components: component-tables Reporter: Brian Leathem Assignee: Brian Leathem Fix For: 4.5.0.Alpha3 Original Estimate: 30 minutes Remaining Estimate: 30 minutes Formatting the generated html and viewing the result in chrome leads to an error in the EDT call: {{this.frozenHeaderPartElement.firstChild.rows}}. This is because when the element is followed by a newline, a text element is returned from the firstChild call. Some solutions to this are discussed in the stackoverflow question: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2299807/element-firstchild-is-returnin... I recommend we use jQuery here to resolve the first child in a cross-browser way.