diff --git a/core/src/main/resources/lib/layout/breadcrumbs.jelly b/core/src/main/resources/lib/layout/breadcrumbs.jelly
index b36db929f1ff4893e732af3deb5323e11417ad19..04c902b150730b74e79ff8c73b7ef01974dbedeb 100644
--- a/core/src/main/resources/lib/layout/breadcrumbs.jelly
+++ b/core/src/main/resources/lib/layout/breadcrumbs.jelly
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
           <ul id="breadcrumbs">
             <j:forEach var="anc" items="${request.ancestors}">
               <j:if test="${h.isModel(anc.object) and anc.prev.url!=anc.url}">
-                <li onmouseover="return foo(this)">
+                <li onmouseover="return breadcrumb.activate(this)">
                   <a href="${anc.url}/">
                     ${anc.object.displayName}
                   </a>
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
               </j:if>
             </j:forEach>
           </ul>
-          <div id="rendertarget"/>
+          <div id="breadcrumb-menu-target"/>
         </div>
       </div>
     </td>
diff --git a/core/src/main/resources/lib/layout/breadcrumbs_.js b/core/src/main/resources/lib/layout/breadcrumbs_.js
index 73e885f9c646001ed74fc4401898319bd1361720..0539b0b685657ea0d8d5232cf18e958298b35d02 100644
--- a/core/src/main/resources/lib/layout/breadcrumbs_.js
+++ b/core/src/main/resources/lib/layout/breadcrumbs_.js
@@ -1,42 +1,52 @@
-/** @type {YAHOO.widget.Menu} */
-var oMenu;
+var breadcrumb = (function() {
+    /** @type {YAHOO.widget.Menu} */
+    var menu;
 
-var xhr;
+    /**
+     * Used for fetching the content of the menu asynchronously from the server
+     */
+    var xhr;
 
-/**
- * @param {HTMLElement} e
- *      The LI tag that the mouse has wondered into.
- */
-function foo(e) {
-  function showMenu(items) {
-    oMenu.hide();
-    oMenu.cfg.setProperty("context",[e,"tl","bl"]);
-    oMenu.clearContent();
-    oMenu.addItems(items);
-    oMenu.render("rendertarget");
-    oMenu.show();
-  }
+    /**
+     * Activates the context menu for the specified breadcrumb element.
+     *
+     * @param {HTMLElement} e
+     *      The LI tag that the mouse has wondered into.
+     */
+    function activate(e) {
+      function showMenu(items) {
+        menu.hide();
+        menu.cfg.setProperty("context",[e,"tl","bl"]);
+        menu.clearContent();
+        menu.addItems(items);
+        menu.render("breadcrumb-menu-target");
+        menu.show();
+      }
 
-  if (xhr)
-    xhr.options.onComplete = function() {};   // ignore the currently pending call
+      if (xhr)
+        xhr.options.onComplete = function() {};   // ignore the currently pending call
 
-  if (e.items) {// use what's already loaded
-    showMenu(e.items);
-  } else {// fetch menu on demand
-    xhr = new Ajax.Request(e.firstChild.getAttribute("href")+"contextMenu", {
-      onComplete : function (x) {
-        var a = x.responseText.evalJSON().items;
-        a.each(function(e) {
-          e.text = "<img src='"+e.icon+"' width=24 height=24 style='margin: 2px;' alt=''> "+e.displayName;
+      if (e.items) {// use what's already loaded
+        showMenu(e.items);
+      } else {// fetch menu on demand
+        xhr = new Ajax.Request(e.firstChild.getAttribute("href")+"contextMenu", {
+          onComplete : function (x) {
+            var a = x.responseText.evalJSON().items;
+            a.each(function(e) {
+              e.text = "<img src='"+e.icon+"' width=24 height=24 style='margin: 2px;' alt=''> "+e.displayName;
+            });
+            e.items = a;
+            showMenu(a);
+          }
         });
-        e.items = a;
-        showMenu(a);
       }
+
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    window.addEventListener("load",function(){
+      menu = new YAHOO.widget.Menu("breadcrumb-menu", {position:"dynamic", hidedelay:1000});
     });
-  }
 
-  return false;
-}
-window.addEventListener("load",function(){
-  oMenu = new YAHOO.widget.Menu("breadcrumb-menu", {position:"dynamic", hidedelay:1000});
-})
+    return { activate : activate };
+})();