The source editor for JSP marks a valid EL expression inside the onclick event of an outputLink as invalid. The line is:

<h:outputLink id="addProjectButton" onclick="#

.show(); return false;" value="#">

And the error is marked over the # chracter in the onclick event. The message is - Syntax error on token "Invalid Character" , throw expected. If I remove the script tags on my JSP the error disappears. It also has a warning on the same line saying missing semicolon just before the .show function.

Attached is part of the code I am working on which has this issue.