I agree that tabbedPane needs a version without form-based tabs or should be rewritten without them. I can't make use of that component the way it. I can't think of a use case either.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Alexander 'Alfe' Fetke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "MyFaces Discussion" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, April 15, 2005 7:27 AM Subject: Re: Problem with panelTabbedPane > Hi, Ian ... > > On Fri, 15 Apr 2005, Ian Williams wrote: > > > I'm having a lot of trouble with a selectManyCheckBox within a > > panelTabbedPane. All the data in the tabs applies to the same bean so I > > want to apply all the changes or none of them, so I just want a single > > form with a single submit button. > [...] > > <h:form id="edit.form"> > > <x:messages id="messageList" showSummary="true" showDetail="true" summaryFormat="{0}:" styleClass="error" /> > > <x:panelTabbedPane title="#{msg['account.edit.tabs.title']}" > > > The problem with tabbed panes is that they themselves already are rendered > into a form (talking about HTML of course). Forms in forms aren't valid > in HTML, so your surrounding <h:form> is raising a problem. > > Why tabbed panes are always rendered into a form I don't know. It does > not seem necessary to me. The only functionality they provide in matters > of interaction are the buttons in the tabs above the panes; they also > could be implemented as simple links, I think. At least a version of the > tabbed panes which don't use forms could be available, but I might be > missing some point :-} > > Alfe > > Alexander Fetke > PrismTech (Germany) GmbH > Schoenhauser Allee 6-7, D-10119 Berlin, Germany > Phone: +49-30-440306-34 > Fax: +49-30-440306-78 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > www.xtradyne.com | www.prismtech.com > > * XTRADYNE Security Infrastructure - a PRISMTECH Product Line *
