Matt Blum wrote:
(off-topic because, while JSF-related, this isn't specifically
MyFaces-related)
I came across this while doing a Google search for AJAX-enabled JSF
components. It's a JSF autocompletion input component that uses AJAX to
retrieve values from the server. It was developed by Tor Norbye of Sun;
here's a link to his blog post about it:
http://blogs.sun.com/roller/page/tor?entry=creator_and_ajax_the_demo
-Matt
Actually my sourceforge autocomplete component was based on Torbyies
blueprints, but
Martin has developed a better one based on aculo.us and prototype
which does not have anything to do with the one from me or Torbye
(except that he had a close look at them)
The one which made it into myfaces can be found in the current sandbox.
The main problem with torbyes component, the last time I checked the
blueprints code, was that it basically was incompatible with the IE
Torbye used the ajax component to store additional data, which only
works with non ActiveX ones, which does not work with IE.
He also missed a vital IE bug, the famous popup under comobox bug.
Both are probably fixed by now, havent had a look at the blueprints lately.
Anyway the Blueprints are an excellent jumpstart to get started, and the
Torbye example of the autocomplete is also very good to learn the basic
mechanisms.
Werner
