Richard, I am still learning about MyFaces so I can only give you the JavaScript/DOM portion of the solution. I can't yet give you information on how to name your fields to work with a map/list/set backed Managed bean. I'm hoping this will get you far enough along so your MyFaces skills can fill in the gaps past my own light DOM/JavaScript knowledge.
A good reference link (for me) was: http://www.mozilla.org/docs/dom/technote/tn-dom-table/#quick My test file used an input button on my form with an onClick like so: javascript:addFieldPlusLineBr(this);return false; To invoke a JavaScript example method of my own making to add a text field and line break to the form: <script language="javascript"> function addFieldPlusLineBr(input) { var form = input.form; alert("hello"); var inputNode = document.createElement("input"); form.appendChild(document.createElement("br")); inputNode.setAttribute("name","fred"); inputNode.setAttribute("value","fredValue"); form.appendChild(inputNode); } </script> Your trick will be figuring out how to place it exactly WHERE you want it in your form. The link I mentioned should include various methods you could invoke to add it after the element, or elements, of your choice. Good luck! Regards, David -----Original Message----- From: Richard Wallace [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, June 18, 2005 11:10 PM To: MyFaces Discussion Subject: Re: Dynamically adding form elements client-side David G. Friedman wrote: >Richard, > >Are you talking about hiding/showing the fields (such as using a CSS style) >or completely adding to the page without a resubmit? > > > Completely adding a new element to the form. >Regards, >David > >-----Original Message----- >From: Richard Wallace [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Saturday, June 18, 2005 11:04 PM >To: MyFaces Discussion >Subject: Dynamically adding form elements client-side > > >Hello again, > >I'm trying to figure out how, if it's possible to add form elements, >like text fields, when a user clicks an add button without having to >have the page resubmit. I'm not even sure it's 100% possible unless the >STATE_SAVING_METHOD is client. And then the javascript would have to >manipulate that hidden field. Or do some kind of AJAX operation to >modify the state when it's being stored server side. At this point, I >think if anything prevents us from adopting JSF at work it would be >dynamically adding form elements. Any suggestions? > >Thanks, >Rich > > >
