treeNode.startEdit() JS not working in IE8 with AjaxManager

[James Reategui]

BTW this works fine in Firefox but not in IE7 or 8.

I have a TreeView with ContextMenu's that call the following JS:

function onClientContextMenuItemClicking(sender, args) {
        var menuItem = args.get_menuItem();
        var treeNode = args.get_node();
        menuItem.get_menu().hide();
        switch (menuItem.get_value()) {
            case "rename":
                treeNode.startEdit();
                break;
        }
    }

I also have a RadAjaxManager so that this treeview triggers another panel:

<telerik:RadAjaxManager ID="RadAjaxManager1" runat="server">
    <AjaxSettings>
        <telerik:AjaxSetting AjaxControlID="RadTreeViewDockets">
                <UpdatedControls>
                    <telerik:AjaxUpdatedControl ControlID="PanelViewArea" LoadingPanelID="RadAjaxLoadingPanel1" />
                </UpdatedControls>
            </telerik:AjaxSetting>
    </AjaxSettings>
</telerik:RadAjaxManager>

In IE8, when I hit the Rename Context menu, for an instant the node appears editable but then it immediately looses focus and is not editable. I also tried wrapping both the TreeView and the other Panel in a RadAjaxPanel but had the same result.

Not sure if this is a bug or if there is a workaround.. Thanks!

[Yana]

Hello James,

Please try also to cancel the postback:

function onClientContextMenuItemClicking(sender, args) {
            var menuItem = args.get_menuItem();
            args.set_cancel(true);
            var treeNode = args.get_node();
            menuItem.get_menu().hide();
            switch (menuItem.get_value()) {
                case "rename":
                    treeNode.startEdit();
                    break;
            }
        }

and let us know how it goes.

Kind regards,
Yana
the Telerik team

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[James Reategui]

Yeah, the trick is canceling the postback for it to work right in IE.