Hi Boris, 1) Use the attribute mmediate="true" in your cancel button to bypass the validation. 2) Only the first child component of a facet is renderer. I recommend you to put your buttons inside a panelGroup component, so the panelGroup will be the only child,
Regards, Bruno 2005/7/22, Klug, Boris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi! > > I have two questions regarding forms. I think they are quite simply - for you, > not for me ;-) > > 1) Leaving a page without validation. > I have a form (see 2) with input field that are validates, e.g. a > required="true". The validation should be checked if the OK submit button is > hit. This works fine. But when the Cancel button is hit, the validation should > not be checked. > So how can I enable/disable the validation depending on the button clicked? > > 2) One button missing in the rendered page. > See the jsp page snippet below (*1). The button "Cancel" is not rendered in > the > resulting html page. When I put the form tag around the two buttons in the > footer facet (see *2) , both buttons are rended. Why? > > Thank you for your help in advance > > > ================== (*1) Button missing =============== > <h:form> > <h:panelGrid columns="3" styleClass="standardDialog" > > headerClass="standardDialogHeader" > > footerClass="standardDialogFooter"> > <f:facet name="header"> > <h:outputText value="Einstellungen" /> > </f:facet> > > <h:outputText value="Max. Anzahl der angezeigten Objekte:" /> > <h:inputText id="maxobj" value="#{prefs.maxObjectCount}" > maxlength="5" > size="10" required="true" /> > <h:message for="maxobj" styleClass="error" /> > > <h:outputText value="Teilmengen von Objekten anzeigen" /> > <h:selectBooleanCheckbox id="showSubsets" > value="#{prefs.showObjectsInSubset}" /> > <h:message for="showSubsets" styleClass="error" /> > > <f:facet name="footer"> > <h:commandButton value="OK" > action="#{prefs.outOk}" /> > <h:commandButton value="Cancel" > action="#{prefs.outCancel}" /> > </f:facet> > </h:panelGrid> > > </h:form> > > ================== (*2) Both buttons are rendered =============== > <h:panelGrid columns="3" styleClass="standardDialog" > > headerClass="standardDialogHeader" > > footerClass="standardDialogFooter"> > <f:facet name="header"> > <h:outputText value="Einstellungen" /> > </f:facet> > > <h:form> > <h:outputText value="Max. Anzahl der angezeigten Objekte:" /> > <h:inputText id="maxobj" value="#{prefs.maxObjectCount}" > maxlength="5" > size="10" required="true" /> > <h:message for="maxobj" styleClass="error" /> > > <h:outputText value="Teilmengen von Objekten anzeigen" /> > <h:selectBooleanCheckbox id="showSubsets" > value="#{prefs.showObjectsInSubset}" /> > <h:message for="showSubsets" styleClass="error" /> > </h:form> > > <f:facet name="footer"> > <h:form> > <h:commandButton value="OK" > action="#{prefs.outOk}" /> > <h:commandButton value="Cancel" > action="#{prefs.outCancel}" /> > </h:form> > </f:facet> > </h:panelGrid> > > > > > -- > Boris Klug >