You need to explicitly add these new elements, this is entirely your responsibility...
regards, Martin On 6/20/05, Richard Wallace <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Werner Punz wrote: > > > Richard Wallace wrote: > > > >> 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. > > > > Only by using javascript, but without javascript no. > > That is a limit caused by the beast which is called html. > > With javascript you can do it by altering the dom > > tree. > > I understand that, but how do you have JSF pickup the new element(s) > when restoring state when the form is submitted? > > > With server side roundtripping, JSF has special api hooks > > to do that (component bindings, child element trees) > > > > > >> 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? > >> > > Well depends on what you want to do with it, if you need additional > > data from the server, either use ajax, or go the roundtripping way. > > But if you want to stay on the client side, there is no way you can > > avoid javascript and if you dont want javascript, there is no way you > > can avoid roundtripping. > > > >
