The underlying problem is that the HTML spec tells the browsers to not submit a checkbox if it is not checked. (Or any other blank control for that matter.) There's not a lot we can do about that =:o(
What happens with a box that starts out checked, is that when it is unchecked, nothing is submitted. If the box represents a persistent state, it just stays checked, since nothing turned it off. Some times a radio button is a better way to go, since something will always be submitted. The reset method grew out of a need to set the checkboxes to a known state, to get around this quirk of HTML. The alternative is to scan the request for the missing checkboxes, and set them as expected if they are missing. -- Ted Husted, Husted dot Com, Fairport NY US -- Developing Java Web Applications with Struts -- Tel: +1 585 737-3463 -- Web: http://husted.com/about/services Chris Means wrote: > > I'm having a problem with setting check box states on my form. > > I have a checkbox on my form, it's supposed to be "checked" if muting is > occurring, and not checked otherwise. > > The user just needs to click the checkbox to change/toggle the state. > > However, I only seem to get an Action setting if the checkbox is not > checked...any ideas what I'm doing wrong? Shouldn't the property be set > regardless of the state of the object? > > My JSP: > > <html:checkbox property="mute" > onclick="this.form.submit ()" />Mute > > My FormBean: > > public void setMute (boolean newMute) > { > mute = newMute ; > action = "mute" ; > } > > My ActionForm: > > ControlPanelForm cp = (ControlPanelForm) form ; > > String action = cp.getAction () ; > > System.out.println ("Action: " + action) ; > > if ("mute".equals (action)) > api.mute () ; > > status.refresh () ; > > cp.setMute (status.isMuted ()) ; > > return (mapping.findForward ("success")); > > TIA. > > -Chris > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
