I have a form which contains a dropdown and two input fields.
<h:selectOneMenu />
<h:inputText />
<h:inputText />
I would like to make the required attribute of the input fields conditional depending on the selected value of the dropdown. If the user chooses the first item of the dropdown, then the input fields must be required. If the user chooses the second item, then those would not be required.
How can I achieve this?
Just bind the dropdown to the view and directly check its value in the required attribute.
<h:selectOneMenu binding="#{menu}" value="#{bean.item}">
<f:selectItem itemValue="first" itemLabel="First item" />
<f:selectItem itemValue="second" itemLabel="Second item" />
</h:selectOneMenu>
<h:inputText value="#{bean.input1}" required="#{menu.value eq 'first'}" />
<h:inputText value="#{bean.input2}" required="#{menu.value eq 'first'}" />
Note that the binding example is as-is. Do absolutely not set it to a bean property here. See also How does the 'binding' attribute work in JSF? When and how should it be used?
Also note that the ordering of the components is significant. If the menu is located below the inputs in the tree, use #{menu.submittedValue eq 'first'} instead. Or if you want to be independent from that, use #{param[menu.clientId] eq 'first'} instead.
Assuming you are using JSF 2.0: Let your SelectOneListBox execute with ajax and re-render the input fields on change of the list box:
A quick sketch:
<h:selectOneMenu value="#{myBean.myMenuValue}">
<f:ajax render="input1"/>
..
</h:selectOneMenu>
<h:inputText id="input1" value="#{myBean.myInputValue}"
required="#{myBean.myMenuValue == 'firstEntry'}" />
Related
Is there a way to render a component based on the current value the user has selected from a selectOneMenu component? My selectOneMenu component is populated with an enum consisting of two values, smoker and non-smoker. If the user has smoker selected I want to render a checkbox below it which lets the user check how many they smoke a day 10, 20, 30+, etc. I also want the opposite to work if they user has selected non-smoker i.e. the check boxes don't render/disappear.
Just check the dropdown menu's value in the rendered attribute of the target components and update their common parent by a <f:ajax>. Here's a kickoff example:
<h:selectOneMenu value="#{bean.item}">
<f:selectItem itemValue="one" />
<f:selectItem itemValue="two" />
<f:selectItem itemValue="three" />
<f:ajax render="results" />
</h:selectOneMenu>
<h:panelGroup id="results">
<h:panelGroup rendered="#{bean.item eq 'one'}">
You have selected "one".
</h:panelGroup>
<h:panelGroup rendered="#{bean.item eq 'two'}">
You have selected "two".
</h:panelGroup>
<h:panelGroup rendered="#{bean.item eq 'three'}">
You have selected "three".
</h:panelGroup>
</h:panelGroup>
If you'd like to perform some business logic based on the selected value, use <f:ajax listener>.
<f:ajax listener="#{bean.changeItem}" render="results" />
public void changeItem() {
someResult = someService.getByItem(item);
}
See also:
Why do I need to nest a component with rendered="#{some}" in another component when I want to ajax-update it?
How to load and display dependent h:selectOneMenu on change of a h:selectOneMenu
Conditionally displaying JSF components
The situation:
I want to display specific panelGrid(s) on the page based on drop-down selection. I am doing this by storing several boolean which get set to true/false based on which item is selected in the drop down. I use the onchange="submit()" to refresh/re-render the page.
The problem:
I have validation on many fields in the form, so if I select an item it does validation and will not display the form.
The question:
How do I get the selectOneMenu change to re-render only the set of controls on the page being impacted instead of the whole page and causing validation?
The code: (JSF 1.2)
<h:selectOneMenu id="list" value="#{sessionBean.myDecorator.selectedItem}"
onchange="submit()" immediate="true" required="true"
valueChangeListener="#{requestBean.listChanged}">
<f:selectItem itemValue="#{null}" itemLabel="--Select One--" noSelectionOption="true" />
<f:selectItems value="#{sessionBean.myDecorator.mapItems}" />
</h:selectOneMenu>
Field causing validation:
<h:inputTextarea id="lblRequiredField" cols="100" rows="3" required="true" immediate="true"
value="#{sessionBean.myDecorator.myDo.myField}">
<f:validateLength minimum="1" maximum="300" />
</h:inputTextarea>
Is there a way to render a component based on the current value the user has selected from a selectOneMenu component? My selectOneMenu component is populated with an enum consisting of two values, smoker and non-smoker. If the user has smoker selected I want to render a checkbox below it which lets the user check how many they smoke a day 10, 20, 30+, etc. I also want the opposite to work if they user has selected non-smoker i.e. the check boxes don't render/disappear.
Just check the dropdown menu's value in the rendered attribute of the target components and update their common parent by a <f:ajax>. Here's a kickoff example:
<h:selectOneMenu value="#{bean.item}">
<f:selectItem itemValue="one" />
<f:selectItem itemValue="two" />
<f:selectItem itemValue="three" />
<f:ajax render="results" />
</h:selectOneMenu>
<h:panelGroup id="results">
<h:panelGroup rendered="#{bean.item eq 'one'}">
You have selected "one".
</h:panelGroup>
<h:panelGroup rendered="#{bean.item eq 'two'}">
You have selected "two".
</h:panelGroup>
<h:panelGroup rendered="#{bean.item eq 'three'}">
You have selected "three".
</h:panelGroup>
</h:panelGroup>
If you'd like to perform some business logic based on the selected value, use <f:ajax listener>.
<f:ajax listener="#{bean.changeItem}" render="results" />
public void changeItem() {
someResult = someService.getByItem(item);
}
See also:
Why do I need to nest a component with rendered="#{some}" in another component when I want to ajax-update it?
How to load and display dependent h:selectOneMenu on change of a h:selectOneMenu
Conditionally displaying JSF components
I have a form which contains a dropdown and two input fields.
<h:selectOneMenu />
<h:inputText />
<h:inputText />
I would like to make the required attribute of the input fields conditional depending on the selected value of the dropdown. If the user chooses the first item of the dropdown, then the input fields must be required. If the user chooses the second item, then those would not be required.
How can I achieve this?
Just bind the dropdown to the view and directly check its value in the required attribute.
<h:selectOneMenu binding="#{menu}" value="#{bean.item}">
<f:selectItem itemValue="first" itemLabel="First item" />
<f:selectItem itemValue="second" itemLabel="Second item" />
</h:selectOneMenu>
<h:inputText value="#{bean.input1}" required="#{menu.value eq 'first'}" />
<h:inputText value="#{bean.input2}" required="#{menu.value eq 'first'}" />
Note that the binding example is as-is. Do absolutely not set it to a bean property here. See also How does the 'binding' attribute work in JSF? When and how should it be used?
Also note that the ordering of the components is significant. If the menu is located below the inputs in the tree, use #{menu.submittedValue eq 'first'} instead. Or if you want to be independent from that, use #{param[menu.clientId] eq 'first'} instead.
Assuming you are using JSF 2.0: Let your SelectOneListBox execute with ajax and re-render the input fields on change of the list box:
A quick sketch:
<h:selectOneMenu value="#{myBean.myMenuValue}">
<f:ajax render="input1"/>
..
</h:selectOneMenu>
<h:inputText id="input1" value="#{myBean.myInputValue}"
required="#{myBean.myMenuValue == 'firstEntry'}" />
My requirement is like this: I am having a text input and whenever a value change event occurs, a select many list box has to be populated. If there is no matching records found, then a text input has to appear instead of a select many list box.
<h:column>
<h:selectManyListbox size="3" value="#{hostInfoBean.gateKeeperendPointReference}" rendered="#{hostInfoBean.selectManyRendered}" id="gateKeeperendPointReference">
<f:selectItems value="#{hostInfoBean.gateKeeperendPointReferenceItems}" />
</h:selectManyListbox>
<h:inputText id="gateKeeperendPointReferenceText" size="30" rendered="#{!hostInfoBean.selectManyRendered}">
</h:inputText>
</h:column>
Also I am using a4j for the value change listener,
<a4j:support event="onchange" reRender="hostInfo:gateKeeperendPointReference" focus="GFacPath"
ajaxSingle="true" />
'selectManyRendered' is a boolean value which I am determining in the JAVA bean. The program works only for the default value of the boolean variable. If the boolean value is changed during runtime, then the toggle between the visibility of selectManyListbox and inputText is not working. Please help to fix this. Am i missing something?
regards,
Suresh
If the "rendered" attribute resolves to false, then the component isn't in your tree and can't be found as a "rerender" target. When you have components that are rendered conditionally you want to wrap them in a component that is always available as a target, like so:
<h:inputText value="#{myBean.text}" >
<a4j:support event="onkeyup" reRender="listZone" ajaxSingle="true" />
</h:inputText>
<h:panelGroup id="listZone">
<h:selectManyListbox value="#{myBean.list}" rendered="#{myBean.renderList}" >
<f:selectItems value="#{myBean.listItems}" />
</h:selectManyListbox>
<h:inputText size="30" rendered="#{!myBean.renderList}/>
<h:panelGroup id="listZone">