Thanks, In the action, how do I tell which option of the select was clicked on (I am using immediate="true")?
-----Original Message----- From: Dennis Byrne [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2006 7:41 PM To: MyFaces Discussion Subject: Re: immediate action for non commands 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 > >
