I explain my problem to you: I have an application with two comboboxes (selectOneMenu), and a spinner that must be updated depending on what is selected in the second combobox.
I have managed this action by activating ajax in the backing bean a method that evaluates the corresponding data, and then updates the spinner. But I update the entire form, even though I tell you to do it only on the spinner.
I show you a screen:
The spinner that has the label "Salario", must be updated according to what is selected in the combobox labeled "Puesto".
I show you another screen with what happens when I make the selection:

I've tried enclosing the spinner in a separate panelGrid, and updating this panelGrid from the bean, but it still deletes the selection of the first combobox.
I also tell you from the bean to update only the spinner, but it does not work.
The code of the method that updates from the bean is as follows:
public void obtenerSueldo(){
//System.out.println(puesto.getSalarioBase());
if(puesto != null){
this.contrato.setSalario(puesto.getSalarioBase());
System.out.println("Salario actualizado por código:" + this.contrato.getSalario());
RequestContext contexto = RequestContext.getCurrentInstance();
contexto.update("fomulario:txtSalario");
//contexto.update("formulario:panel1");
}else{
this.contrato.setSalario(0.0);
}
}
And the xhtml code is as follows:
<h:form id="formulario">
<h:panelGrid id="panel" columns="4">
<p:outputLabel value="Persona" style="font-weight: bold;"/>
<p:selectOneMenu id="cboPersona" value="#{contratoFormBean.persona}" required="true" requiredMessage="Debe seleccionar una persona"
rendered="#{contratoFormBean.contrato.idContrato == 0}"
converter="omnifaces.SelectItemsConverter">
<f:selectItem itemLabel="--Seleccione--" itemValue="#{null}"
noSelectionOption="true" />
<f:selectItems value="#{contratoFormBean.lstPersonas}" var="per"
itemLabel="#{per.nombreCompleto}" itemValue="#{per}" />
</p:selectOneMenu>
<p:outputLabel value="#{contratoFormBean.persona.nombreCompleto}"
rendered="#{contratoFormBean.contrato.idContrato != 0}" />
<p:message for="cboPersona" />
<p:tooltip for="cboPersona" value="Elija una persona para el contrato"/>
<p:outputLabel value="Puesto" style="font-weight: bold;" />
<p:selectOneMenu id="cboPuesto" value="#{contratoFormBean.puesto}" required="true"
update="txtSalario"
requiredMessage="Debe seleccionar un puesto de trabajo"
rendered="#{contratoFormBean.contrato.idContrato == 0}"
converter="omnifaces.SelectItemsConverter">
<p:ajax listener="#{contratoFormBean.obtenerSueldo()}" />
<f:selectItem itemLabel="--Seleccione--" itemValue="#{null}"
noSelectionOption="true" />
<f:selectItems value="#{contratoFormBean.lstPuestos}" var="pue"
itemLabel="#{pue.nombre}" itemValue="#{pue}" />
</p:selectOneMenu>
<p:outputLabel value="#{contratoFormBean.puesto.nombre}"
rendered="#{contratoFormBean.contrato.idContrato != 0}" />
<p:message for="cboPuesto" />
<p:tooltip for="cboPuesto" value="Elija una puesto para la persona"/>
<p:outputLabel value="Fecha Inicio" style="font-weight: bold;"/>
<p:calendar id="txtFecha" value="#{contratoFormBean.contrato.fechaInicio}" required="true" requiredMessage="Debe indicar una fecha de inicio de contrato"
rendered="#{contratoFormBean.contrato.idContrato == 0}" locale="es" pattern="dd/MM/yyyy" mask="99/99/9999"/>
<p:outputLabel value="#{contratoFormBean.contrato.fechaInicio}"
rendered="#{contratoFormBean.contrato.idContrato != 0}" >
<f:convertDateTime pattern="dd/MM/yyyy" />
</p:outputLabel>
<p:message for="txtFecha" />
<p:tooltip for="txtFecha" value="Elija una fecha de inicio para el contrato"/>
<p:outputLabel value="Fecha Fin" style="font-weight: bold;"/>
<p:calendar id="txtFechaFin" value="#{contratoFormBean.contrato.fechaFin}" required="true" requiredMessage="Debe indicar una fecha de fin de contrato"
rendered="#{contratoFormBean.contrato.idContrato == 0}" locale="es" pattern="dd/MM/yyyy" mask="99/99/9999"/>
<p:outputLabel value="#{contratoFormBean.contrato.fechaFin}"
rendered="#{contratoFormBean.contrato.idContrato != 0}">
<f:convertDateTime pattern="dd/MM/yyyy" style="font-weight: bold;" />
</p:outputLabel>
<p:message for="txtFechaFin" />
<p:tooltip for="txtFechaFin" value="Elija una fecha de finalización para el contrato"/>
<p:outputLabel value="Salario" style="font-weight: bold;"/>
<p:spinner id="txtSalario" value="#{contratoFormBean.contrato.salario}" required="true" requiredMessage="El salario es obligatorio"
rendered="#{contratoFormBean.contrato.idContrato == 0}" min="#{contratoFormBean.contrato.salario}" validatorMessage="El monto debe ser mayor o igual al salario mínimo"/>
<p:outputLabel id="etiquetaSalario" value="#{contratoFormBean.contrato.salario}"
rendered="#{contratoFormBean.contrato.idContrato != 0}">
<f:convertNumber currencySymbol="$" maxFractionDigits="2"
maxIntegerDigits="6" type="currency" />
</p:outputLabel>
<p:message for="txtSalario" />
<p:tooltip for="txtSalario" value="Ingrese un salario"/>
</h:panelGrid>
<p:commandButton value="Aceptar" update="@form"
rendered="#{contratoFormBean.contrato.idContrato eq 0}"
actionListener="#{contratoFormBean.registrar()}"
action="contrato?faces-redirect=true" />
<p:commandButton immediate="true" value="Cancelar" action="contrato?faces-redirect=true"
rendered="#{contratoFormBean.contrato.idContrato eq 0}"/>
<p:commandButton value="Aceptar" immediate="true"
action="contrato?faces-redirect=true"
rendered="#{contratoFormBean.contrato.idContrato != 0}" />
</h:form>
It would be very helpful for someone to point out where I am failing.
I read on the PrimeFaces page about the partial update, but it is explained about buttons that make different updates, and I do not realize how to do it from the bean.
Thank you for your kind attention.
