Tabpanel assertion error on IE8

[ozlemsimsek]

Hi,
I have a tab panel with two tabs.One of the tab has accordion panel and check box trees inside.
I am using GXT 3.0.1GPL.
On IE7 & IE8 I am sometimes getting an error message as below when I click on tabs.I have no problem on IE9, chrome and Firefox.
java.lang.AssertionError: Child cannot be null

com.google.gwt.core.client.JavaScriptException: (TypeError): Unable to get value of the property 'nodeType': object is null or undefined

com.google.gwt.event.shared.UmbrellaException: One or more exceptions caught, see full set in UmbrellaException#getCauses
com.google.gwt.event.shared.UmbrellaException: One or more exceptions caught, see full set in UmbrellaException#getCauses
at com.google.gwt.event.shared.HandlerManager.fireEvent(HandlerManager.java:129)
at com.google.gwt.user.client.ui.Widget.fireEvent(Widget.java:129)
at com.sencha.gxt.widget.core.client.Component.fireEvent(Component.java:293)
at com.google.gwt.event.dom.client.DomEvent.fireNativeEvent(DomEvent.java:116)
at com.sencha.gxt.widget.core.client.Component.onBrowserEvent(Component.java:607)
at com.sencha.gxt.widget.core.client.cell.CellComponent.onBrowserEvent(CellComponent.java:216)
at com.sencha.gxt.widget.core.client.form.Field.onBrowserEvent(Field.java:318)
at com.google.gwt.user.client.DOM.dispatchEventImpl(DOM.java:1351)
at com.google.gwt.user.client.DOM.dispatchEvent(DOM.java:1307)
at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor76.invoke(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:601)
at com.google.gwt.dev.shell.MethodAdaptor.invoke(MethodAdaptor.java:103)
at com.google.gwt.dev.shell.MethodDispatch.invoke(MethodDispatch.java:71)
at com.google.gwt.dev.shell.OophmSessionHandler.invoke(OophmSessionHandler.java:172)
at com.google.gwt.dev.shell.BrowserChannelServer.reactToMessagesWhileWaitingForReturn(BrowserChannelServer.java:337)
at com.google.gwt.dev.shell.BrowserChannelServer.invokeJavascript(BrowserChannelServer.java:218)
at com.google.gwt.dev.shell.ModuleSpaceOOPHM.doInvoke(ModuleSpaceOOPHM.java:136)
at com.google.gwt.dev.shell.ModuleSpace.invokeNative(ModuleSpace.java:561)
at com.google.gwt.dev.shell.ModuleSpace.invokeNativeObject(ModuleSpace.java:269)
at com.google.gwt.dev.shell.JavaScriptHost.invokeNativeObject(JavaScriptHost.java:91)
at com.google.gwt.core.client.impl.Impl.apply(Impl.java)
at com.google.gwt.core.client.impl.Impl.apply(Impl.java)
at com.google.gwt.core.client.impl.Impl.entry0(Impl.java:213)
at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor68.invoke(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:601)
at com.google.gwt.dev.shell.MethodAdaptor.invoke(MethodAdaptor.java:103)
at com.google.gwt.dev.shell.MethodDispatch.invoke(MethodDispatch.java:71)
at com.google.gwt.dev.shell.OophmSessionHandler.invoke(OophmSessionHandler.java:172)
at com.google.gwt.dev.shell.BrowserChannelServer.reactToMessages(BrowserChannelServer.java:292)
at com.google.gwt.dev.shell.BrowserChannelServer.processConnection(BrowserChannelServer.java:546)
at com.google.gwt.dev.shell.BrowserChannelServer.run(BrowserChannelServer.java:363)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:722)
Caused by: com.google.gwt.core.client.JavaScriptException: (TypeError): Unable to get value of the property 'nodeType': object is null or undefined
Caused by: com.google.gwt.core.client.JavaScriptException: (TypeError): Unable to get value of the property 'nodeType': object is null or undefined
at com.google.gwt.dev.shell.BrowserChannelServer.invokeJavascript(BrowserChannelServer.java:248)
at com.google.gwt.dev.shell.ModuleSpaceOOPHM.doInvoke(ModuleSpaceOOPHM.java:136)
at com.google.gwt.dev.shell.ModuleSpace.invokeNative(ModuleSpace.java:561)
at com.google.gwt.dev.shell.ModuleSpace.invokeNativeBoolean(ModuleSpace.java:184)
at com.google.gwt.dev.shell.JavaScriptHost.invokeNativeBoolean(JavaScriptHost.java:35)
at com.google.gwt.dom.client.DOMImplTrident.isOrHasChild(DOMImplTrident.java)
at com.google.gwt.dom.client.DOMImplTrident.isOrHasChild(DOMImplTrident.java)
at com.google.gwt.dom.client.Node$.isOrHasChild$(Node.java:280)
at com.sencha.gxt.widget.core.client.tips.ToolTip.onTargetMouseOver(ToolTip.java:431)
at com.sencha.gxt.widget.core.client.tips.ToolTip$Handler.onMouseOver(ToolTip.java:95)
at com.google.gwt.event.dom.client.MouseOverEvent.dispatch(MouseOverEvent.java:65)
at com.google.gwt.event.dom.client.MouseOverEvent.dispatch(MouseOverEvent.java:1)
at com.google.gwt.event.shared.GwtEvent.dispatch(GwtEvent.java:1)
at com.google.web.bindery.event.shared.EventBus.dispatchEvent(EventBus.java:40)
at com.google.web.bindery.event.shared.SimpleEventBus.doFire(SimpleEventBus.java:193)
at com.google.web.bindery.event.shared.SimpleEventBus.fireEvent(SimpleEventBus.java:88)
at com.google.gwt.event.shared.HandlerManager.fireEvent(HandlerManager.java:127)
... 32 more
... 32 more
java.lang.AssertionError: Child cannot be null
java.lang.AssertionError: Child cannot be null
at com.google.gwt.dom.client.Node$.isOrHasChild$(Node.java:278)
at com.sencha.gxt.widget.core.client.TabPanel.onBrowserEvent(TabPanel.java:472)
at com.google.gwt.user.client.DOM.dispatchEventImpl(DOM.java:1351)
at com.google.gwt.user.client.DOM.dispatchEvent(DOM.java:1307)
at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor76.invoke(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:601)
at com.google.gwt.dev.shell.MethodAdaptor.invoke(MethodAdaptor.java:103)
at com.google.gwt.dev.shell.MethodDispatch.invoke(MethodDispatch.java:71)
at com.google.gwt.dev.shell.OophmSessionHandler.invoke(OophmSessionHandler.java:172)
at com.google.gwt.dev.shell.BrowserChannelServer.reactToMessagesWhileWaitingForReturn(BrowserChannelServer.java:337)
at com.google.gwt.dev.shell.BrowserChannelServer.invokeJavascript(BrowserChannelServer.java:218)
at com.google.gwt.dev.shell.ModuleSpaceOOPHM.doInvoke(ModuleSpaceOOPHM.java:136)
at com.google.gwt.dev.shell.ModuleSpace.invokeNative(ModuleSpace.java:561)
at com.google.gwt.dev.shell.ModuleSpace.invokeNativeObject(ModuleSpace.java:269)
at com.google.gwt.dev.shell.JavaScriptHost.invokeNativeObject(JavaScriptHost.java:91)
at com.google.gwt.core.client.impl.Impl.apply(Impl.java)
at com.google.gwt.core.client.impl.Impl.apply(Impl.java)
at com.google.gwt.core.client.impl.Impl.entry0(Impl.java:213)
at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor68.invoke(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:601)
at com.google.gwt.dev.shell.MethodAdaptor.invoke(MethodAdaptor.java:103)
at com.google.gwt.dev.shell.MethodDispatch.invoke(MethodDispatch.java:71)
at com.google.gwt.dev.shell.OophmSessionHandler.invoke(OophmSessionHandler.java:172)
at com.google.gwt.dev.shell.BrowserChannelServer.reactToMessages(BrowserChannelServer.java:292)
at com.google.gwt.dev.shell.BrowserChannelServer.processConnection(BrowserChannelServer.java:546)
at com.google.gwt.dev.shell.BrowserChannelServer.run(BrowserChannelServer.java:363)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:722)


Thanks in advance.

[Colin Alworth]

Do you get this error in production mode at all? If so, do you get this error at all on sencha.com/examples?

Can you create a test case that demonstrates this issue? I don't believe I've seen this before.

[ozlemsimsek]

I get this error both in development mode and production mode..But I don't get it on sencha.com/examples.

I read https://code.google.com/p/google-web-toolkit/wiki/IE8Support and

<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=8">
added this to main html page.Now I get this error less, but it did not solve the issue completely.

I will prepare a test case.

[ozlemsimsek]

Hi,
I don't get the error in my small test case application.I may need to add all the server calls to get the exception.
But if I form a private Tabpanel and overwrite the onBrowserEvent, I get another exception after the log "XTabPanel onBrowserEvent null".
public class XTabPanel extends TabPanel{
public XTabPanel(){
super();
}
@Override
public void onBrowserEvent(Event event) {
System.out.println("XTabPanel onBrowserEvent");
XElement target = event.getEventTarget().cast();
if (target!=null){
super.onBrowserEvent(event);
}
else{
System.out.println("XTabPanel onBrowserEvent null");
}
}
}
XTabPanel onBrowserEvent
XTabPanel onBrowserEvent
XTabPanel onBrowserEvent null
XTabPanel onBrowserEvent null
XTabPanel onBrowserEvent
XTabPanel onBrowserEvent
com.google.gwt.event.shared.UmbrellaException: One or more exceptions caught, see full set in UmbrellaException#getCauses
com.google.gwt.event.shared.UmbrellaException: One or more exceptions caught, see full set in UmbrellaException#getCauses
at com.google.gwt.event.shared.HandlerManager.fireEvent(HandlerManager.java:129)
at com.google.gwt.user.client.ui.Widget.fireEvent(Widget.java:129)
at com.sencha.gxt.widget.core.client.Component.fireEvent(Component.java:293)
at com.google.gwt.event.dom.client.DomEvent.fireNativeEvent(DomEvent.java:116)
at com.sencha.gxt.widget.core.client.Component.onBrowserEvent(Component.java:607)
at com.sencha.gxt.widget.core.client.cell.CellComponent.onBrowserEvent(CellComponent.java:216)
at com.sencha.gxt.widget.core.client.form.Field.onBrowserEvent(Field.java:318)
at com.google.gwt.user.client.DOM.dispatchEventImpl(DOM.java:1351)
at com.google.gwt.user.client.DOM.dispatchEvent(DOM.java:1307)
at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor146.invoke(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:601)
at com.google.gwt.dev.shell.MethodAdaptor.invoke(MethodAdaptor.java:103)
at com.google.gwt.dev.shell.MethodDispatch.invoke(MethodDispatch.java:71)
at com.google.gwt.dev.shell.OophmSessionHandler.invoke(OophmSessionHandler.java:172)
at com.google.gwt.dev.shell.BrowserChannelServer.reactToMessagesWhileWaitingForReturn(BrowserChannelServer.java:337)
at com.google.gwt.dev.shell.BrowserChannelServer.invokeJavascript(BrowserChannelServer.java:218)
at com.google.gwt.dev.shell.ModuleSpaceOOPHM.doInvoke(ModuleSpaceOOPHM.java:136)
at com.google.gwt.dev.shell.ModuleSpace.invokeNative(ModuleSpace.java:561)
at com.google.gwt.dev.shell.ModuleSpace.invokeNativeObject(ModuleSpace.java:269)
at com.google.gwt.dev.shell.JavaScriptHost.invokeNativeObject(JavaScriptHost.java:91)
at com.google.gwt.core.client.impl.Impl.apply(Impl.java)
at com.google.gwt.core.client.impl.Impl.apply(Impl.java)
at com.google.gwt.core.client.impl.Impl.entry0(Impl.java:213)
at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor142.invoke(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:601)
at com.google.gwt.dev.shell.MethodAdaptor.invoke(MethodAdaptor.java:103)
at com.google.gwt.dev.shell.MethodDispatch.invoke(MethodDispatch.java:71)
at com.google.gwt.dev.shell.OophmSessionHandler.invoke(OophmSessionHandler.java:172)
at com.google.gwt.dev.shell.BrowserChannelServer.reactToMessages(BrowserChannelServer.java:292)
at com.google.gwt.dev.shell.BrowserChannelServer.processConnection(BrowserChannelServer.java:546)
at com.google.gwt.dev.shell.BrowserChannelServer.run(BrowserChannelServer.java:363)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:722)
Caused by: com.google.gwt.core.client.JavaScriptException: (TypeError): Unable to get value of the property 'nodeType': object is null or undefined
Caused by: com.google.gwt.core.client.JavaScriptException: (TypeError): Unable to get value of the property 'nodeType': object is null or undefined
at com.google.gwt.dev.shell.BrowserChannelServer.invokeJavascript(BrowserChannelServer.java:248)
at com.google.gwt.dev.shell.ModuleSpaceOOPHM.doInvoke(ModuleSpaceOOPHM.java:136)
at com.google.gwt.dev.shell.ModuleSpace.invokeNative(ModuleSpace.java:561)
at com.google.gwt.dev.shell.ModuleSpace.invokeNativeBoolean(ModuleSpace.java:184)
at com.google.gwt.dev.shell.JavaScriptHost.invokeNativeBoolean(JavaScriptHost.java:35)
at com.google.gwt.dom.client.DOMImplTrident.isOrHasChild(DOMImplTrident.java)
at com.google.gwt.dom.client.DOMImplTrident.isOrHasChild(DOMImplTrident.java)
at com.google.gwt.dom.client.Node$.isOrHasChild$(Node.java:280)
at com.sencha.gxt.widget.core.client.tips.ToolTip.onTargetMouseOut(ToolTip.java:423)
at com.sencha.gxt.widget.core.client.tips.ToolTip$Handler.onMouseOut(ToolTip.java:90)
at com.google.gwt.event.dom.client.MouseOutEvent.dispatch(MouseOutEvent.java:65)
at com.google.gwt.event.dom.client.MouseOutEvent.dispatch(MouseOutEvent.java:1)
at com.google.gwt.event.shared.GwtEvent.dispatch(GwtEvent.java:1)
at com.google.web.bindery.event.shared.EventBus.dispatchEvent(EventBus.java:40)
at com.google.web.bindery.event.shared.SimpleEventBus.doFire(SimpleEventBus.java:193)
at com.google.web.bindery.event.shared.SimpleEventBus.fireEvent(SimpleEventBus.java:88)
at com.google.gwt.event.shared.HandlerManager.fireEvent(HandlerManager.java:127)
... 32 more
... 32 more

[Colin Alworth]

Are you able to get that error in your simple standalone test case, or only in the rest of your app? If just in the big app, you are probably logging the case when it happens, but still no more information as to *why* it happens. If you can't break down the use case further or share the actual app itself, it is difficult to offer more advice.

The only other thing I can think of is that IE is treating it as an intranet site, so is ignoring the meta tag and running as if it were an earlier version. That should only affect IE8 though, not IE7.

If you can't provide a way for us to reproduce this, it will be very hard to fix. It doesn't make sense for a dom event to go off without a target.

Your new stack trace doesn't agree with your title and initial post/trace: I see no reference to tab panel or assertion errors in this new post.