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Specifically: 2.8.0r4 to 2.9.0.

I have a datatable which uses a context sensitive right-click menu, conditioned by the addition of a custom class via a custom row formatter. I'm in the process of converting to 2.9. My right click menus on my datatable failed. I discovered a behavior difference for which I have been unable to locate doc or reasoning for that I believe caused my trouble. It's easy to fix, once you know.

In 2.8, if you have a custom row formatter and you added your own class, it became the first class in the list [0].
(Example: Schedule,group-first-row,yui-dt-last,yui-dt-even,yui-dt-highlighted)

In 2.9, same situation, the class you add becomes the second class in the list [1].
(Example: yui-dt-rec,Schedule,group-first-row,yui-dt-last,yui-dt-even,yui-dt-highlighted

Good to know if you are relying on the fact that the custom class you just added is in position [0], arguably not a good practice to rely on but, following the http://developer.yahoo.com/yui/examples/menu/tablecontextmenu.html example just the same.

It seems a new class yui-dt-rec, is now there prior to the custom row formatter firing. Not sure if that is a 'new' class, or perhaps the timing of when it is added to the datatable changed.

Carrying on with what I needed to fix to get my right-click menu fixed, if you follow the example in http://developer.yahoo.com/yui/examples/menu/tablecontextmenu.html you'll need to change aClasses[0] to aClasses[1] and all will be well.

Hope this helps someone and if anyone knows the 'why', I am curious.

Regards,

Jim