rich:element problem, ending up null

[samuraicoder]

I am trying to pass an element by it's id using rich:element in my javascript onclick event.

Do I have it in the wrong place?

When I alert(); it after passing the value it is null...

<rich:inplaceSelect id="col6b" value="#{_item.estatus}" onclick="removePleaseSelect(#{rich:element('selectItems')});">
        <f:selectItems id="selectItems" value="#{mconsoleContext.ecometryItemStatusCodes}"/>
        <a:support event="onviewactivated" reRender="col6b"/>
    </rich:inplaceSelect>

I want to use jQuery to remove the first Option in the select list when it is opened.

Help appreciated!

[ilya_shaikovsky]

Select items rendered as a set of elements. So you will not be able to get the element like that.

And as I guess you using first element in order to show something like "please choose". If so - just remove it at all and use defaultLabel functionality which provided out of the box.