Use the t:message/t:messages tags, and MyFaces will automatically use the label (or the column header if you are in a table) for the field identification.
Bear in mind that this is MyFaces specific! regards, Martin On 8/24/05, CONNER, BRENDAN (SBCSI) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > When going from JSF 1.0 to MyFaces JSF, I noticed that the detailed > message that gets displayed when one specifies required="true" now > includes the name of the field. Is that something that's specific to > MyFaces, or is it part of JSF 1.1? > > Also, related to that, is that message now overridable? I seem to > recall that, unlike the messages for other validators, the message for > required="true" is not overridable. > > Finally, is it possible for the message to refer to the name of the > field in some way other than through the id of the field? Our IDs > cannot have spaces in them, which requires compound names to get > concatenated. This is fine for internally used variables, but users get > a little freaked when they see a name like ModuleID instead of "Module > ID". One thought I had was to use the field's title in the message > instead of the field's id. > > Thanks, > > - Brendan > -- http://www.irian.at Your JSF powerhouse - JSF Trainings in English and German
