Does it work if you remove the immediate="true" attribute from the selectOneRadio (see this docs to see if you really need it [1]), and remove the facesContext.renderResponse() line (not needed).
Let's see! Bruno [1] http://wiki.apache.org/myfaces/How_The_Immediate_Attribute_Works On 6/13/06, Meghana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I am sorry I should have included my code snippet before itself. Here we go! <h:outputText value="#{Message.hardware_type}" /> <h:selectOneRadio value="#{ServiceBean.hardwareType}" onclick="submit()" immediate="true" valueChangeListener="#{ServiceBean.hardwareTypeChanged}"> <f:selectItems value="#{ServiceBean.HWTypes}"/> </h:selectOneRadio> public void hardwareTypeChanged(ValueChangeEvent event) throws SQLException, Exception{ FacesContext context = FacesContext.getCurrentInstance(); String prevCategorySelected = (String)event.getOldValue(); String newCategorySelected = (String)event.getNewValue(); if(!newCategorySelected.equalsIgnoreCase(prevCategorySelected)){ // Value changed. Change the drop down values. if(newCategorySelected.equals("Desktop")){ desktopSelected = true; debug("Setting desktopSelected field to: "+isDesktopSelected()); } else if(newCategorySelected.equals("Laptop")){ laptopSelected = true; debug("Setting laptopSelected field to: "+isLaptopSelected()+" Laptop Type: "+laptopType); } context.renderResponse(); } } } Based on what hardware type is selected Desktop items/laptop items are displayed. The code for that is <h:outputText value="#{Message.desktop_type}" rendered="#{ServiceBean.desktopSelected}"/> <h:panelGroup rendered="#{ServiceBean.desktopSelected}"> <h:selectOneRadio value="#{ServiceBean.desktopType}" id="desktop_type"> <f:selectItem itemValue="Standard User Desktop" itemLabel="Standard User Desktop" /> <f:selectItem itemValue="Non User Desktop" itemLabel="Non User Desktop" /> </h:selectOneRadio> <h:message styleClass="error" for="desktop_type"/> </h:panelGroup> <h:outputText value="#{Message.laptop_type}" rendered="#{ServiceBean.laptopSelected}"/> <h:panelGroup rendered="#{ServiceBean.laptopSelected}"> <h:selectOneRadio value="#{ServiceBean.laptopType}" id="laptop_type"> <f:selectItem itemValue="Standard User Laptop" itemLabel="Standard User Laptop" /> <f:selectItem itemValue="Power User Laptop" itemLabel="Power User Laptop" /> </h:selectOneRadio> <h:message styleClass="error" for="laptop_type"/> </h:panelGroup> <h:outputText value="#{Message.docking_station}" rendered="#{ServiceBean.laptopSelected}"/> <h:panelGroup rendered="#{ServiceBean.laptopSelected}"> <h:selectOneRadio value="#{ServiceBean.dockingStation}" id="docking_station"> <f:selectItem itemValue="Yes" itemLabel="Yes" /> <f:selectItem itemValue="No" itemLabel="No" /> </h:selectOneRadio> <h:message styleClass="error" for="docking_station"/> </h:panelGroup> <h:outputText value="#{Message.wireless_access}" rendered="#{ServiceBean.laptopSelected}"/> <h:panelGroup rendered="#{ServiceBean.laptopSelected}"> <h:selectOneRadio value="#{ServiceBean.wirelessAccess}" id="wireless_access"> <f:selectItem itemValue="Yes" itemLabel="Yes" /> <f:selectItem itemValue="No" itemLabel="No" /> </h:selectOneRadio> <h:message styleClass="error" for="wireless_access"/> </h:panelGroup> Bruno Aranda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: And what about the "immediate" attributes? Are you using them? Can you show an snippet of your code? Bruno On 6/13/06, Meghana wrote: > Its already in session scope :-( > > > Bruno Aranda wrote: > > Could you try if that works if your bean is in session scope? > > Bruno > > On 6/13/06, Meghana wrote: > > Hi, > > I have a form in which the displayed input fields change based on a radio > > button field. When ever the field value is changed a corresponding > > valuechangelistener method is called and then the new set of input fields > > are displayed. But the values entered for those conditionally rendered > > fields are not retaining values in the backing bean. They are all null. > I've > > been banging my head over this for quite a while. > > Any ideas please! > > > > Thanks a lot, > > -M > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com