[CCR] IE 11 auto-follow pattern table action not triggered

[sebelga]

The "Delete auto-follow pattern" table action does not work in IE 11.

Steps to reproduce

• Create an auto-follow pattern
• In the table view, click on the "Delete auto-follow pattern" button

Expected behaviour: a modal to confirm deletion should appear

Current behaviour: the modal does not open (no error message in the console).

If we select the pattern in the table and go through the "Manage pattern" to delete it, the modal does appear and we can delete it.

EDIT: After some more testing on IE 11 and CCR, it seems that the same issue occurs in the Follower indices table. The first and last item ("pause..." and "unfollow...") of the actions in the table does not work.

cc @elastic/eui-design Is this a known issue on IE?

[elasticmachine]

Pinging @elastic/es-ui (Team:Elasticsearch UI)

[cchaos]

Without knowing the exact implementation, it's hard to tell if this stems from EUI or not. We don't currently have any known issues with EuiBasicTable actions and IE11. I would double-check what the implementation is doing inside the onClick handler.

[cjcenizal]

@sebelga I wonder if this is at all related to #63361. We are implementing those two actions in a bit of a weird way, by rendering a <span onClick> inside of a <button>. It may be that IE11 is unhappy about that.

[sebelga]

@cjcenizal It does seem super strange to have wrapped a <span> with an onClick. I definitely don't recall doing that. But maybe there was a good reason?
Is this a blocker for 7.7? I don't think so as there is a workaround.

[cjcenizal]

But maybe there was a good reason?

There are more details in the issue, but the essence is that it's due to our use of an HOC to codify the UX running up against limitations to the way the render option works when defining table actions.

Is this a blocker for 7.7?

I agree with you, not a blocker.

[yuliacech]

Fixed via #84433