[TAP5-2431] Ajax EventLinks should not cancel the click event

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 5.4
• Fix Version/s: 5.4
• Component/s: tapestry-core
• Assignee: Howard Lewis Ship
• Reporter: Chris Poulsen
• Created: 18/Dec/14 14:50
• Updated: 24/Dec/14 01:33
• Resolved: 24/Dec/14 00:35

Description

Currently the click handlers in zone.js return false to prevent browsers from following the link. Sometimes this result in unexpected behavior in pages.

The use-case where we have been hit by this is ajax links in a bootstrap dropdown:
When a link option is clicked the dropdown does not close again - This is due to the click event being cancelled.

The fix that we use locally; is to use event.preventDefault() and let the click event bubble.

I think this should be the default behavior of the framework - as it has much smaller impact than swallowing the click event and makes the client side things more flexible.

Issue Links

• relates to: TAP5-2162 Prevent default actions for DOM events using preventDefault() rather that stopping the events entirely