Invisible tabs cause javascript error

[Larkin Young]

I didn't have time to create a test project to reproduce this at the moment, but I thought I would give you a heads up anyway. It seems that setting the Visible property of a tab to false results in a javascript error on page load (client). The error is "'this._element' is null or not an object" and in debugging it appears that this occurs in the set_element function. A couple points that might help you reproduce the issue:

• using latest release (Q2 2008 ASP.NET AJAX)
• setting Visible property of tab in the TabCreated event handler
• NavigateUrl property is empty
• TabStrip.AutoPostback is true
• Added 2 custom attributes, "Caption", and "NavigateUrl" (I need the url but need the tab to postback, not redirect as a link, hence adding the url as a custom attribute)

To workaround the issue, I am raising a custom event before adding the tab to the tabstrip, and if the calling code wants to hide the tab I simply do not add it to the tabstrip rather than setting the Visible property to false. This fixes the problem but I'm sure there is a bug in there somewhere.

Thanks,
Larkin

[Remi]

Hello,

I'm experiencing the same issue. I installed Q2 2008 and still experience the issue. I experienced it previously as well.

The issue happens occationally, not all the time.

Just wanted to let you know your not a lone in suffering from this issue. ;)

Thanks for the suggestions,

Cheers!

[Paul]

Hi there,

Unfortunately, the provided information does not help us much in reproducing the error. I'm afraid we could not be of much help unless we reproduce the issue on our side. It will be best if one of you can open a support ticket and send us a simple running project (incl. your custom skin, CSS, images, DB backup if needed and so on) demonstrating the problem (and step-by-step instructions on doing so). In that way we can reproduce and pinpoint the problems you're facing on our side, understand the logic of your application and provide a solution.

Greetings,
Paul
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[Neil N]

Same thing here.  I've narrowed it down to only happening when the first tab on a tabstrip is hidden.