Lately I've just turned to the client side because of things like this. For example, to get around the aforementioned warning, one might always keep @rendered set to true for the inputText element, but set it's style to "display:none" . Then, use js to programmitcally change this and avoid the round trip altogether.
Dennis Byrne >-----Original Message----- >From: Rogers Reilly [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2006 11:01 PM >To: 'MyFaces Discussion' >Subject: Re: immediate action for non commands > >Best way to do this now is with Cherokee (or whatever it's called). ><af:selectOneListbox> takes an "autoSubmit" attribute, which does >exactly what you want. > >I was thinking you could also set "partialSubmit=true" and do your >refresh with PPR, which would be slick, but I'm not seeing that >attribute in the docs. Looks like autoSubmit mandates a full refresh. >:-( > >Dennis Byrne wrote: > >>The kludge you speak of is the most popular way to do this. >> >>One warning. Let's say you have two controls, selectOneMenu and inputText. >>Your requirement is that the inputText is to be rendered *only* when a >>certain item (let's call it 'ITEM X') in the selectOneMenu is selected. You >>accomplish this by hooking a js event hander into @onclick or @onchange of >>the selectOneMenu. The js clicks a hidden commandButton and the form is >>submitted. In the action or actionListener of the commandButton, you >>dynamically render the inputText element and the form is then rerendered. >> >>If the user clicks then back button, on both IE and FireFox at least, the >>browser will not go back to the server. It will simple display the first >>page in the state it was in just *before* the form was submitted. There are >>two important parts to keep in mind. First, the selected item of the >>selectOneMenu was 'ITEM X'. Second, the inputText field was *not* rendered >>when the form was submitted. The user will have then effectivly placed the >>form into a state that is against the initial requirement. >> >>Dennis Byrne >> >> >> >>>-----Original Message----- >>>From: Lance Frohman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2006 08:57 PM >>>To: ''MyFaces Discussion'' >>>Subject: immediate action for non commands >>> >>>What is the "best practice" if I need a drop down list - >>><h:selectOneListbox> - change >>>to go to the server, as if there was an immediate="true" on a command >>>button. >>>Depending on what is selected in the <h:selectOneListbox>, the page will be >>>displayed differently. >>>I was using a kludge with onclick="" submitting a <h:commandButton >>>style="visibility:hidden;" ...> >>> >>>Thanks, >>>Lance >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > >
