Hi Andrew, when we remove the subform tags and click the links (when they are set to immediate="true"), the input text is updated - without any change of the backing bean or anywhere else. I still consider going through all input controls and calling "resetValue" a workaround. Explanations or thoughts are very welcome. Regards Stefan
________________________________ Von: Andrew Robinson [mailto:andrew.rw.robin...@gmail.com] Gesendet: Freitag, 27. Februar 2009 16:25 An: MyFaces Discussion Betreff: Re: Subform with InputText: InputText is not updated after a page submit Input controls will remember their submitted values until they are cleared. Have you made sure that the input text has never posted a value back? If so, calling resetValue() is the correct solution, and not a work-around. -Andrew On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 12:51 AM, <stefan.friedr...@sungard.com> wrote: Hi. We are currently facing and "interesting" problem: We have a page that contains one form element with a couple of input elements and one subform element, the backing bean is session scoped: <tr:form> ... <tr.commandLink text="New" .../> (--> sets backing bean property that lets the subform be rendered with value=null) <tr:subform rendered="#{backing.showSubform}"> <tr:inputText value="#{backing.value}" required="true"/> <tr:commandButton text="Submit" action="......"/> (To save the value and unrender the subform) <tr:commandButton text="Cancel" action="......" immediate="true"/> (To cancel the editing and unrender the subform) </tr:subform> <tr:commandLink text="Edit" .../> (--> sets backing bean property that lets the subform be rendered with value="current Value") <tr:commandLink text="Save".../> (Finally saves the changes) </tr:form> Now we have the following usecases: A) OK 1. Form is started 2. "New" is clicked 3. subform is shown with empty inputText B) OK 1. Form is started 2. "Edit" is clicked 3. subform is shown with "current Value" C) NOT OK 1. Form is started 2. "Edit" is clicked 3. "New" is clicked 4. subform is shown with "current Value" D) NOT OK 1. Form is started 2. "New" is clicked 3. "Edit" is clicked 4. subform is shown with empty inputText So what are we missing here? Why is the inputText not re-rendered (we think because the events are not produced from within the subform)? Some debugging in the backing bean shows that the "value" property is set correctly - its just the subform that doesn't get updated What we already tried (without success): - set the subform as "default" -> no change - remove the subform tags -> "New" or "Edit" is not clickable until the text field is filled (required) - set immediate="true" on all relevant links -> No update of the subform content - set an id and a binding on the subform element and call requestContext.addPartialTarget(...) from the backing bean's "new" and "edit" methods -> No update of the subform content What we tried (with success): - Programatically call resetValue() on all EditableComponents from the backing bean --> So this approach works but produces some overhead and is kind of a "workaround" Help is appreciated ;-) Regards Stefan Friedrich
