Use immediate="true" on your command links. sean
On 8/24/05, Richard Wallace <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey everyone, > > I've got a form that has a couple of optional command links on it. They > are basically "quick add" buttons so a user can quickly add things to > drop downs if they aren't there. When these "quick add" buttons are > clicked the user is sent to an add page, the user enters the new info > and is then redirected back to the original page where the new entry is > selected and all the other data is preserved from before they clicked > the "quick add" button. The backing beans involved are request scoped > and the values filled in before clicking the "quick add" button are > preserved through the process using the <t:saveState> element. > > I'm trying to get the validation correct. I want all the form elements > to be required when the user clicks the submit button, but when they hit > the "quick add" link the validation should be bypassed. I thought of > doing this with the immediate attribute set to true on the "quick add" > command links but if I do that then any data the user entered on that > page load (contact info type stuff) is lost. So I kind of need to > bypass the validation but still update the model values if one of the > command links are clicked, but have full validation done when the > command button is pressed. > > I was looking at the new OptionalValidation Framework but I'm not sure > exactly how to apply it in this case. I mean, what I really want is to > have the validation type be none when command links are used and hard > otherwise. > > Any ideas? > > Thanks, > Rich >
