no, when a form's isenabled() returns false then all of its descendants are also disabled. when a formcomponent is disabled it adds disabled="disabled" attribute, so you wont be able to use it in the browser.
-igor On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 7:32 AM, John Krasnay<j...@krasnay.ca> wrote: > On Thu, Aug 06, 2009 at 07:09:20AM -0700, nytrus wrote: >> >> John Krasnay wrote: >> > >> > The isEnabled method only controls form processing on the server. If you >> > can't even type characters in your text field you have something else >> > going on at the browser level. >> > >> >> Well usually in a disabled box you cannot type, no matter what browser you >> are using. > > I guess I wasn't clear enough. Returning false from the form's isEnabled > method should *not* disable the text field in the browser. It simply > disables the default processing for the form. You should still be able > to enter a value in the text field, but it won't be validated and the > backing model will not be updated. > > Perhaps you are mistakenly overriding the text field's isEnabled method > instead. Note that the text field's isEnabled is queried at render time, > well before you know which button was pressed. > >> Anyway I think we can let the fields enabled but override the isRequired(): >> if the submitting is the rootform just return false. In this way component >> is correctly displayed but validated when submitting the inner form (the one >> to which it belongs). > > This might work for you, but be aware it can trip you up too, e.g. other > validators on the components will still be invoked and the models for > components in the nested form will still be updated. > > jk > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@wicket.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@wicket.apache.org > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@wicket.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@wicket.apache.org
