$ is not a function - Githubissues

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Go to /admin/assets
2. Click on an image
3. Console shows JS error "$ is not a function"

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?

It shouldn't fail :)

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?

Revision 540

Please provide any additional information below.

Problem is caused by prototype.js being included after jquery.js, so when 
jQuery.noConflict() is called, window._$ doesn't exist so that prototype's $() 
function can't be re-instated. The attached patch file includes prototype.js 
before jquery and fixes the problem.

I noticed that there is a call to 
Requirements::block(THIRDPARTY_DIR.'/prototype.js'), but prototype isn't at 
this location (it's at 
Requirements::block(THIRDPARTY_DIR.'/prototype/prototype.js')). Furthermore, 
prototype is required by tabstrip.js, so don't know why this would be removed 
anyway.
I have fixed the problem with the attached

Original issue reported on code.google.com by simon.w...@gmail.com on 1 Feb 2011 at 10:30

Attachments:

dataobject_manager-prototype.patch

nirajrns / dataobjectmanager

$ is not a function #6