It seems to me that you just want a Label (with the persons name) and a button (that pops up a person search)
Because what does that text field really do? can somebody really type something in it? On Nov 28, 2007 8:12 PM, Sébastien Piller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Johan Compagner a écrit : > > Are you using wicket 1.3? > > Then you can add a person convertor (toObject/toString) > > But a txt field for the complete person that sounds very strange. > > What do you want to edit?? Do yu want to choose a person? Or do you > > want to edit a preoperty of that person? > > > > > Yes, I'm using 1.3 rc1. > > In my case, I need a text field to store a foreign key referencing a > person (assign a person to a record of another table). I don't use > dropdownchoice or else because I've got a large number of people in my > table, and a ddc with thousands of options may not be usable. > > In place, I use a textfield and a link on its right, which allows the > user to search a person in a popup (on a pagined list) or manually input > the Person ID if already known. > > I'm using Hibernate too. On the form submit, the integer foreign key > need to be converted to an instance of Person (and thats why I need to > use a custom converter). > > I don't know if there is a better way to fit my needs, but this one works > ;) >
