Hi Kito,
It took it as the JavaScript functions getClientId() or 
getClientId('whatever') as it is said to be JS function.
Regards,
Manfred
On 1/12/15, 11:33 AM, Kito Mann wrote:
> Is the JIRA issue just asking about EL evaluation (as the example 
> implies), or is it referring to a real JavaScript function?
>
> In other words, are they asking about this:
>
> <h:button id="button1"
> onclick="button_setEnabled(*#{getClientId('button2')}*,
> false);button_clicked(*#{getClientId('button1')}*;return"... />
>
> or:
>
> <h:button id="button1"
> onclick="button_setEnabled(*getClientId('button2')*,
> false);button_clicked(*getClientId('button1')*;return"... />
>
>
>
> On Mon, Jan 12, 2015 at 12:27 PM, manfred riem 
> <manfred.riem_at_oracle.com <mailto:manfred.riem_at_oracle.com>> wrote:
>
>     Hi Kito,
>
>     Ughh, as you pointed out the client id is already there. My brain
>     just stopped working :(.
>
>     However I still want to mark this issue as "Won't fix" as there is
>     no way of knowing how a specific component is being rendered and
>     which HTML element corresponds to the client id of the component.
>     And no I don't want to make any assumption on how it is structured.
>
>     Thoughts?
>     Manfred
>
>
>     On 1/12/15, 11:13 AM, Kito Mann wrote:
>>     Manfred, can you articulate your objection more clearly? We
>>     definitely know the client id before the JavaScript executes,
>>     since it executes on the client :-).
>>
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>>     On Mon, Jan 12, 2015 at 12:00 PM, manfred riem
>>     <manfred.riem_at_oracle.com <mailto:manfred.riem_at_oracle.com>> wrote:
>>
>>         Hi all,
>>
>>         I like to close
>>         https://java.net/jira/browse/JAVASERVERFACES_SPEC_PUBLIC-49
>>         as "Won't fix" as this request suffers from the chicken and
>>         the egg problem. In this particular case we cannot make sure
>>         the client id is rendered before the JavaScript executes.
>>
>>         Thoughts?
>>         Manfred
>>
>>
>