From ef78a973ef5f383250bc64eff848c83748def55a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: John Bintz <john@coswellproductions.com>
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2010 16:52:58 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] potential workaround for IE 6 issue where element can become
 something other than a DOM node

---
 src/dom/dom.js | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/dom/dom.js b/src/dom/dom.js
index 86f3b77..984b52d 100644
--- a/src/dom/dom.js
+++ b/src/dom/dom.js
@@ -1317,8 +1317,9 @@ Element.Methods = {
     if (element == document.body) return $(element);
 
     while ((element = element.parentNode) && element != document.body)
-      if (Element.getStyle(element, 'position') != 'static')
-        return $(element);
+    	if (element.style)
+	      if (Element.getStyle(element, 'position') != 'static')
+	        return $(element);
 
     return $(document.body);
   },