Hi, the Ok button on the popup should have an action assigned, say submitPopup(), and this action should return an outcome to navigate to the next page.
Helmut > >I hadn't tried this, but on your suggestion I have returned null and indeed >the popup window is displayed. However this does not solve my problem. The >popup is displayed and asks if the user wants to continue. If the answer is >yes/ok then I want to navigate to the next page. By returning null I have >lost that chance and am back at the original page. > >By returning null however has taught me a bit about the JSF flow, it seems >that submit() completes before the popup will be shown. I guess what I >really want is the popup to be shown during the submit() method. and based >on the user input to the popup the submit() method will determine the >navigation. > > > >Helmut Swaczinna-2 wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> have you tried to return null from the submit method in case the popup >> should be displayed? >> >> Helmut >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "ben_p" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Friday, May 16, 2008 4:44 PM >> Subject: [Tobago] Popup and navigation >> >> >>> >>> Hi All, >>> I am trying to do something I believe to be very fundamental with Tobago >>> v1.0.13. I want to click a button which will ultimately retrieve some >>> results from a database and display them in a subsequent screen. However >>> if >>> the results returned are large I want a popup to come up which informs >>> the >>> user of the number returned and provides the option of continuing to the >>> next screen or cancelling. To abstract away from the actual case I simple >>> want the following >>> >>> InputScreen.jsp->click button-> popup (ok/cancel) ->NewScreen.jsp or >>> InputScreen.jsp. >>> >>> I have tried allsorts of permeatations with actions and actionListeners >>> and >>> below is my current efforts. It seems that the only way to get the popup >>> to >>> show is if the submit method has a void return type, but this is useless >>> for >>> navigation and I can't get the actionListener to somehow come in and >>> display >>> the popup. As the submit method below has a return type of String the >>> popup >>> is not shown and navigation to the next screen occurs. changing the >>> return >>> type to void means the popup get displayed but there is no navigation to >>> the >>> next screen. >>> >>> Firstly my InputScreen.jsp: >>> >>> >>> <tc:button label="Open Popup" action="#{InputScreenBean.submit}" >>> actionListener="#{InputScreenBean.myActionListener}" immediate="true"> >>> <f:facet name="popup"> >>> <tc:popup width="300" height="270" >>> rendered="#{InputScreenBean.popup"> >>> <tc:box label="Popup Title"> >>> <tc:panel> >>> <f:facet name="layout"> >>> <tc:gridLayout rows="fixed;fixed;fixed;fixed" /> >>> </f:facet> >>> <tc:in value="#{InputScreenBean.myData1}" /> >>> <tc:cell /> >>> <tc:button label="OK"> >>> <tc:attribute name="popupClose" value="afterSubmit" /> >>> </tc:button> >>> <tc:button label="Cancel"> >>> <tc:attribute name="popupClose" value="immediate" /> >>> </tc:button> >>> </tc:panel> >>> </tc:box> >>> </tc:popup> >>> </f:facet> >>> </tc:button> >>> >>> Secondly my InputScreenBean.java: >>> >>> public void myActionListener(ActionEvent event) { >>> System.out.println("in action event"); >>> setPopup(true); >>> System.out.println("rendering response"); >>> // I have tried with and without this >>> cxt.renderResponse(); >>> } >>> >>> // the only way to get the popup to show is if this >>> // method is of return type void. but then I can't >>> // do my navigation! >>> public String submit() { >>> try { >>> System.out.println("in InputScreenBean.submit "); >>> setPopup(true); >>> } catch (Exception e) { >>> System.out.println("Error in submit()"); >>> e.printStackTrace(); >>> return "failure"; >>> } >>> return "success"; >>> } >>> >>> Any help greatly appreciated. >>> >>> Ben. >>> >>> -- >>> View this message in context: >>> >http://www.nabble.com/-Tobago--Popup-and-navigation-tp17276445p17276445.html >>> Sent from the MyFaces - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >>> >>> >> >> >> > >-- >View this message in context: >http://www.nabble.com/-Tobago--Popup-and-navigation-tp17276445p17278761.html >Sent from the MyFaces - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >
