Does this mean you can't default a checkbox to true? If you can, how do you
do it?
Thanks,
Rod Schmidt
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ted Husted" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, June 15, 2001 5:45 PM
Subject: Re: <html:checkbox>
> They are actually "cached" in the request. It's just that with boolean
> checkboxes, you should reset them them to false first, or there are side
> effects. You really, really don't have to do anything else.
>
> It's important to remember that there is not a direct connection between
> the HTML form and Struts. Everything has to go through HTTP. When the
> form is submitted, all the properties are sent as parameters to the
> request by HTTP. Struts then "catches" them and puts them back into the
> ActionForm.
>
> What can happen with checkboxes is that if they get unchecked, the
> browser won't send them back, and so Struts has no way to set them true
> or false. By setting them to false when the form is initialized and to
> false again when the form is reset, you get consistent results.
> Otherwise, if they unchecked the box, and the browser didn't send it
> back, the setting on your box may be indeterminate.
>
> Mike Thompson wrote:
> >
> > So this means that I have to cache the original state of all my checkbox
> > referenced vars so I can set them back in the reset method? :(
> > --m
>
