Index: core/src/main/javascript/submit.js
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--- core/src/main/javascript/submit.js	(revision 21848)
+++ core/src/main/javascript/submit.js	Sun Aug 29 13:19:46 EEST 2010
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@
     function fullSubmit(execute, render, event, element, additionalParameters) {
         event = event || null;
 
-        var disabled = document.getElementById(element.id+":ajaxDisabled");
+        var disabled = element && document.getElementById(element.id+":ajaxDisabled");
         if (disabled)  {
             var disabledArray = disabled.value.split(" ");
             var l = disabledArray.length;
Index: core/src/main/javascript/application.js
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--- core/src/main/javascript/application.js	(revision 21848)
+++ core/src/main/javascript/application.js	Sun Aug 29 13:40:03 EEST 2010
@@ -77,6 +77,9 @@
         function configurationOf(element) {
             return detect(parents(element), function(e) {
                 return e.configuration;
+            }, function() {
+                //fail over to body element in case the 'element' doesn't have parents
+                return document.body;
             }).configuration;
         }
 
@@ -175,13 +178,14 @@
                 f[name] = function(e) {
                     var event = e || window.event;
                     var element = event.target || event.srcElement;
-                    var disabled = document.getElementById(id+":ajaxDisabled");
-                    if ( (disabled) && 
-                         (disabled.value.indexOf(" " + element.id + " ") >= 0) )  {
+                    var elementID = element.id;
+                    var disabled = document.getElementById(id + ':ajaxDisabled');
+                    if (disabled && disabled.value.indexOf(' ' + elementID + ' ') >= 0) {
                         return true;
                     }
                     f.onsubmit = function() {
-                        submit(event, element);
+                        var el = (elementID && document.getElementById(elementID)) || triggeredBy($event(event, element));
+                        submit(event, el);
                         f.onsubmit = none;
                         return false;
                     };