The message errorClass sets the errorClass of the message, I'm trying to set the styleClass of inputText to something different when there is an error. I think the isFlagged() method will work if I can figure out how to get the clientId of the inputText component. Can anyone help?
-----Original Message----- From: Jimmy Emmanual [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 10, 2006 1:06 PM To: MyFaces Discussion Subject: RE: Looking for equivalent to Struts errorStyleClass with an input field Use the errorClass of message... <h:form> <h:panelGrid columns="2" rowClasses="cRows"> <h:outputText value="#{msgs.namePrompt}"/> <h:panelGroup> <h:inputText id="name" required="true"/> <h:message for="name" errorClass="errors"/> </h:panelGroup> <h:outputText value="#{msgs.agePrompt}"/> <h:inputText size="3"/> </h:panelGrid> <br/> <h:commandButton value="#{msgs.submitPrompt}"/> </h:form> -----Original Message----- From: Lindholm, Greg [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 10, 2006 11:37 AM To: MyFaces Discussion Subject: RE: Looking for equivalent to Struts errorStyleClass with an input field Thanks for replying but I don't think either suggestion would help. I don't see how the ifMessage tag would allow me to change the styleClass of the h:inputText. The styleClass="#{backingBean.errorStyleClass}" might work. I assume there is away to get the h:inputText component from the backing bean (can someone tell me how?). However, I need to keep the actual style class in the JSP so the designers can specify it. Would it be possible to create a boolean isFlagged() method in the backing bean so I can do something like this. <h:inputText id="myId" value="#{myBean.myProperty}" styleClass="#{myBean.flagged? 'errorStyle':'normalStyle' }"/> public boolean isFlagged() { String clientId =????? return FacesContext.getCurrentInstance().getMessages(clientId).hasNext(); } This seems like it would work but I don't know how to get he clientId of the inputText component. (I'm new to JSF and will keep looking.) Can anyone help? Greg -----Original Message----- From: Mike Kienenberger [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2006 3:48 PM To: MyFaces Discussion Subject: Re: Looking for equivalent to Struts errorStyleClass with an input field I haven't done this, but here's a couple of approaches I'd use if I were going to. 1 ) http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/TOMAHAWK-165 ifMessage tag that renders children only if there is a message for the specified component(s) 2) Alternately, create a styleClass="#{backingBean.errorStyleClass}" attribute with a method that returns either the error style or the normal style depending on if it finds an applicable message tag. You can also set up an h:message or t:message tag that is active only for specific component, but I don't know if that would really help you in your case. On 3/9/06, Lindholm, Greg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm writing my first JSF application and looking for the equivalent to > "errorStyleClass" feature I used in Struts. > > In Struts you can specify an "errorStyleClass" attribute on an > <html:text> input field tag. If a validation error occurs on that field > it will > redisplay the field with the supplied errorStyleClass. > > <html:text errorStyleClass="errorStyle" ....> > > The JSF <h:inputText > tag doesn't support this so how do you do this > in JSF? > > I see something similar in the <h:message errorClass="errorStyle"...> > tag but it seems to apply to the message not the input field. > > Is there another component I can use? Or can I embed the field in in > another tag?
