Is there a workaround for IE 6/7 “Unspecified Error” bug when accessing offsetParent

Question

I\'m using jQuery UI\'s draggable and droppable libraries in a simple ASP.NET proof of concept application. This page uses the ASP.NET AJAX UpdatePanel to do partial page up

Answer 1

If you would like to fix the minified/compressed .js file for jQuery version 1.4.2, replace:

var d=b.getBoundingClientRect(),

with

var d = null; 
try { d = b.getBoundingClientRect(); }
catch(e) { d = { top : b.offsetTop, left : b.offsetLeft } ; }

(note that there is no comma after the closing brace now)