Component.showBy always expects an Ext.Component as reference element

[r_honey]

var pnl=new Ext.Panel({html:'Some content'});
pnl.showBy(Ext.getBody());

The above code generates an exception. showBy only accepts an Ext.Component, passing Ext.Element throws an error: "Cannot read property "dom" of undefined".

And I believe the problem lies in this line of Ext.Component.alignTo:

varg = h.element,

I believe Ext.Components have a element property, but Ext.Element don't have it.

[r_honey]

Changing that line in alignTo method should make it work:

var alignElement = alignTo.element || alignTo,

[Jamie Avins]

Thank you for the report.

[mitchellsimoens]

Until this gets fixed, you can fake it:

panel.showBy({
    element : el
});

[Jacky Nguyen]

This has been addressed in the next release (beta 1).

[r_honey]

Great, thanks Jacky!!!

[jweber]

The documentation doesn't indicate that you can use an Element instead of a Component. Should probably be updated.