I found a problem while using the bootsfaces inputText with ajax. I'm using JSF 2.2, Bootsfaces 0.8.1 and Primefaces 5.3.
I'm trying to enter a date value into the inputText field. As soon as I enter the last value for the date the inputText should trigger the change event. At this point I would like to use ajax for calling a bean method. The problem is, that my field loses focus as soon as I try to enter the last value and the method's never been invoked.
So I tried a bit with Primefaces and it almost works like I wanted. At this point I got different questions:
- Why does my inputText field lose the focus while entering the last value? (Bootsfaces)
- Why is the bean method never called after I lose the focus? (Bootsfaces)
- Is it possible to invoke the bean method after the bean value has been set by the field? (Primefaces)
I added the code below, so maybe you can reproduce this behaviour.
test.xhtml - sample xhtml with both primefaces and bootsfaces fields
<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8' ?>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"
xmlns:b="http://bootsfaces.net/ui"
xmlns:h="http://java.sun.com/jsf/html"
xmlns:f="http://java.sun.com/jsf/core"
xmlns:p="http://primefaces.org/ui">
<h:head>
<meta charset="UTF-8"/>
</h:head>
<h:body>
<h:form id="form">
<b:panel id="filterPanel" title="Filter properties" immediate="true" collapsed="false" collapsible="true">
<b:row>
<b:column span="12">
<b:inputText id="dateA" type="date" value="#{test.dateA}" immediate="true" class="form-control">
<f:ajax event="change" listener="#{test.searchA()}"/>
</b:inputText>
</b:column>
</b:row>
<b:row>
<b:column span="12">
<p:inputText id="dateB" type="date" value="#{test.dateB}" immediate="true" class="form-control">
<p:ajax event="change" listener="#{test.searchB()}"/>
</p:inputText>
</b:column>
</b:row>
</b:panel>
</h:form>
</h:body>
</html>
TestBean.java - my bean for setting the values and calling methods
import javax.faces.bean.ManagedBean;
import javax.faces.bean.ViewScoped;
@ManagedBean(name = "test")
@ViewScoped
public class TestBean {
private String dateA;
private String dateB;
public void searchA() {
System.out.println("Search A");
}
public void searchB() {
System.out.println("Search B");
}
public String getDateA() {
return dateA;
}
public void setDateA(String dateA) {
this.dateA = dateA;
System.out.println(dateA);
}
public String getDateB() {
return dateB;
}
public void setDateB(String dateB) {
this.dateB = dateB;
System.out.println(dateB);
}
}
Please help me finding a solution or explain me what I'm doing wrong here.
Thanks mweber
You've found a subtle difference between BootsFaces and PrimeFaces. I recommend you always define the values of
processandupdatefor the sake of clarity. In your case,makes the BootsFaces input field behave exactly like its PrimeFaces counterpart.
The default values of
updateandprocessare different. Since BootsFaces 0.8.5, the default values are:<b:commandButton />and<b:commandLink />According to Understanding PrimeFaces process/update and JSF f:ajax execute/render attributes, the PrimeFaces default values are:
For the sake of convenience, here's my version of the XHTML file:
http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd" xmlns:b="http://bootsfaces.net/ui"
xmlns:h="http://java.sun.com/jsf/html"
xmlns:f="http://java.sun.com/jsf/core"
xmlns:p="http://primefaces.org/ui">
I've tested it with BootsFaces 0.8.5.