Javascript anchors HOSE all HtmlField components in IE9

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   Javascript anchors HOSE all HtmlField components in IE9

   
   

   
   

   Javascript anchors HOSE all HtmlField components in IE9

   
   
   
   

   
   

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   <a href="javascript:dosomething()">blah</a>
   

   
   Destroys the IFRAME used for any HtmlField components on the page -- but only in IE9, not Chrome.
   

   The same thing happens if the link goes to a URL that is just a downloadable file (which, like javascript URIs, doesn't result in a new page).

   
   

   I'm guessing here that ExtJS is trying destroy the IFRAME resource to prevent a memory link or something, but it hopelessly breaks all functionality that depends on actions called via an HTML anchor (including TreePanel href actions).

   
   

   This really, really is ruining my day. Changing the anchor's target works for links that, say, download a file, but it does NOT work for "javascript:"-called code that needs to execute in the page.

   
   

   
   

   
   

   
   

   
   

   
   
   
   

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   It doesn't appear to do this every time -- sometimes refreshing the page and trying again works, sometimes it doesn't.
   

   The Javascript called doesn't matter -- calling an empty function exhibits the same behavior.

   
   

   
   

   
   

   
   

   
   

   
   
   
   

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