[WICKET-4236] Use JQuery as a backing library for Wicket's JavaScript code

• Type: Sub-task
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 6.0.0-beta1
• Fix Version/s: 6.0.0-beta1
• Component/s: wicket, wicket-extensions
• Assignee: Martin Tzvetanov Grigorov
• Reporter: Martin Tzvetanov Grigorov
• Created: 17/Nov/11 09:42
• Updated: 22/Feb/12 16:55
• Resolved: 22/Feb/12 16:55

Description

wicket-ajax.js has accumulated a lot of custom written code to be able to serve the needs of Wicket Ajax behaviors and components.
This custom javascript code can be greatly simplified by using any bigger JavaScript library that is specialized in handling browser differences.

Issue Links

• is required by: WICKET-1707 Wicket.replaceOuterHtmlIE() (wicket-ajax.js) has very low performance.