On 2/27/06, Adam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
BTW all this is to pre-populate the inputText element with the values
already contained in the bean.
TIA
Adam
Adam wrote:
> Dear All,
>
> I am trying to build a jsf page which can alternate between showing
> input & output text elements dependant upon a boolean (i.e. if you are
> allowed to edit the data).
>
> e.g.
>
> <tr>
> <td halign='left'><h:outputText value=" Type"
> title="The Type of the Element" />
> </td>
> <td width="10">:</td>
> <td halign='left'><h:outputText value="#{MIFExternal.type}"
> rendered="#{!treeBacker.editState}" />
> <h:inputText value="#{MIFExternal.type}"
> rendered="#{treeBacker.editState}" />
> </td>
> </tr>
>
>
> Basically the OutputText works fine, it calls "getType" & shows the
> value in the bean however the inputText never calls "getType".
>
> I have tried simply using an inputText (i.e. w/o any "rendered" & yet
> nothing....)
>
> Any ideas why the inputText should not be getting any values from the
> backing bean?
>
> Some of the fields are always ineligible for editing & thus are always
> outputText & they work fine where the inputText fields are always empty.
>
> TIA
>
>
> Adam
>
>
--
Grant Smith
