Maybe a variation of the method proposed in
http://wiki.apache.org/myfaces/SubmitPageOnValueChange is useful to
you. You can have a hidden (with css) button that is clicked
automatically when you select the checkbox...
Regards,
Bruno
2005/11/4, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> That was helpful. But, I would like to try some other way to utilize the power
> of JSF :).
>
> Is there a action event or valuechange event for checkbox. Any idea?
>
> Thanks.
>
>
> Quoting Simon Kitching <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I need to display a list box when a checkbox is clicked. I guess we need
> > to
> > > implement OnSelect event for this purpose. Please, correct me here if I am
> > wrong.
> > > Does anybody have some examples of using onSelect in the backing bean?.
> > Any help
> > > is appreciated.
> > >
> >
> > onSelect is a *client side* thing only. It is a normal HTML feature that
> > allows an arbitrary piece of scripting to be run in the browser. Nothing
> > to do with JSF at all.
> >
> > You could implement what you want entirely on the client by ensuring
> > your page includes the listbox, but with its style set to display:none.
> > You should then be able to specify some script in the checkbox onSelect
> > attribute which finds that component and sets its style to visible. This
> > is really not JSF at all but that doesn't mean it's a bad solution.
> >
> > Alternatively, I expect you could map the checkbox value to some boolean
> > value on a backing bean, and use the same value to control the
> > "rendered" attribute of the listbox.
> > <h:selectBooleanCheckbox value="#{someBean.listBoxEnabled}"/>
> > <h:selectManyListbox rendered="#{someBean.listBoxEnabled}" ... />
> > The problem here is that you need some mechanism for submitting the
> > entire form back to the server when the checkbox value is changed so the
> > page can be regenerated.
> >
> >
> > Maybe you can use tomahawk's collapsible panel control instead of the
> > checkbox/listbox combination, and avoid the whole issue?
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Simon
> >
>
>
>
