thanks for the info, did you already correct the bug in the calendar renderer?
regards, Martin On Thu, 09 Dec 2004 01:09:41 -0400, Sylvain Vieujot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > While playing with the htmlEditor component, I found that if a page is only > refreshed (like when you click on a tab of an x:panelTab), then the > submitted value was lost, and replaced with the component's backing bean > value. > The reason, for that is that I was using a code like this in the renderer : > > String textToRender = uiComponent.getValue(); > > Doing this, the textToRender is always the same until the form is > validated, and the Update Model Values phase is run. And any intermediary > rendering will just reset the data entered by the user. > A better code would be : > > String textToRender = uiComponent.getSubmittedValue()!=null ? > uiComponent.getSubmittedValue() : uiComponent.getValue(); > > For a really correct code, look at the following helper function in : > org.apache.myfaces.renderkit.RendererUtils.getStringValue > > I'm sending this email to the mailing list because it is quite easy to fall > for this bug, and I think I've already found 2 places in the extensions > renderers where we have this bug : in the calendar renderer, and in the date > renderer. > I've marked the places in the sources where I think is the bug, but we > might find other occurrences. > > Sylvain.
