Fixed:

Modified: D:\work\development\head\svn\ossrepo\icefaces\trunk\icefaces\component\src\com\icesoft\faces\component\ext\renderkit\TableRenderer.java
Sending content: D:\work\development\head\svn\ossrepo\icefaces\trunk\icefaces\component\src\com\icesoft\faces\component\ext\renderkit\TableRenderer.java
Completed: At revision: 19221

This change is causing regressions in certain browsers (all but Opera) and has been backed out.

Ted Goddard says:

Apparently we're not going to replace tfoot or thead

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms533897(VS.85).aspx

The property is read/write for all objects except the following, for which it is read-only: COL, COLGROUP,FRAMESET, HEAD, HTML, STYLE, TABLE, TBODY, TFOOT, THEAD, TITLE, TR. The property has no default value.

Here's the trick we use to update tables in element.js:

This.TableCellElement = This.Element.subclass({
replaceHtml: function(html) {
this.withTemporaryContainer(function(container) {
container.innerHTML = '<TABLE>' + html + '</TABLE>';
var newElement = container.firstChild;
while ((null != newElement) && (this.element.id != newElement.id))

this.disconnectEventListeners();
this.replaceHostElementWith(newElement);
});
}
});

We may be able to do something similar with tfoot and thead.

Or, it may be easier to ensure in the application that contents of
the tfoot being updated have IDs within the table cells.

See screenshots 1 and 2 for the DOM update problem. <thead>, <tr> and <th> are all stripped. All that is left is the <span>.

See ICE-3943 for the list of regressions.

Ted Goddard says:

It may be sufficient for them to use ice:outputText rather than h:outputText (the ice: components insert IDs).

Patch from Mircea:

— bridge/lib/element.js (revision 19228)
+++ bridge/lib/element.js (working copy)
@@ -225,6 +225,9 @@
switch (e.tagName.toLowerCase()) {
case 'textarea':
case 'input': return new This.InputElement(e);
+ case 'thead':
+ case 'tfoot':
+ case 'tbody':
case 'th':
case 'td':
case 'tr': return new This.TableCellElement(e);

Applied patch from Mircea and reinstated Adnan's changes.