This seems to get asked frequently. It'd be nice if someone who implemented a working solution would update the wiki with the process.
This is probably a good place to put it (I documented doing something similar with pulldown menus here). http://wiki.apache.org/myfaces/SubmitPageOnValueChange On 7/25/05, Bruno Aranda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think that the best approximation to this issue is using some > javascript and the onkeypress attribute. Something like this: > > 1) Include this javascript in the <head> > > [CODE] > > <script language="javascript"> > function submitEnter(commandId,e) > { > var keycode; > if (window.event) keycode = window.event.keyCode; > else if (e) keycode = e.which; > else return true; > > if (keycode == 13) > { > document.getElementById(commandId).click(); > return false; > } > else > return true; > } > </script> > > [/CODE] > > 2) Call the Javascript function from the attribute 'onkeypress' of > your text field: > > <h:inputField value="Hello" onkeypress="return > submitEnter('submitLogin',event)"/> > > In the function I pass two parameters, the first one is the id of a > hidden button (the one which submits the form, and the other is the > event) > > 3) Include the hidden button, which will submit the form and with the > id used in the onkeypress event: > > <x:commandButton id="submitLogin" forceId="true" > action="#{yourBean.whateverAction} style="visibility:hidden;" /> > > I just use forceId="true" because I want that the rendered id of the > button is "submitLogin", without autogenerated prefixes (e.g 'form:', > etc...). > > Hope this helps, > > Bruno > > > 2005/7/25, Neal Haggard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > Has anyone played around with doing form submission with just a text field > > for something like a quick search (so that when they hit enter on the > > field, the form submits?) Only way I can see to specify an action this way > > is to specify a valueChangedListener(), anyone else have any ideas? > > >
