JSF Validation attribute required="true" doesn't work in Aja

[mail2bansi]

Here is the snippet where Attribute <required="true"> doesn't work using Ajax4Jsf 1.0.4, Facelets 1.1.12, MyFaces 1.1.14

<h:form id="manufacturer">

<h:panelGrid columns="3" styleClass="detail" columnClasses="label">
<h:outputText value="Manufacturer" />
<h:selectOneMenu id="manufList" value="#{manufacturerBean.selectedManufacturer}" styleClass="dropdown">
<f:selectItem itemLabel="New" itemValue="New" />
<f:selectItems value="#{manufacturerBean.manufacturerList}" />
<a4j:support action="#{manufacturerBean.loadManufacturerDetails}" event="onchange" reRender="t2,t3,t4,t5" />
</h:selectOneMenu>

</h:panelGrid>


<a4j:outputPanel>


<h:panelGrid columns="3" styleClass="detail" columnClasses="label">
<h:outputText value="Name" />
<h:inputText id="t3" value="#{manufacturerBean.name}" required="true" />
<h:message id="nameError" for="t3" style="color: red; text-decoration: overline" />

required="true" breaks the functionality of other dropdown i.e. h:selectOneMenu onchange event will never fire in case i pick a value from the drop down

Any pointers/suggestions will be highly appreciated

[sergeysmirnov]

it works like it must work in JSF - the form is not processed successfully and model is not updated if validation process for one (or several fields) is failed.

First, <h:message id="nameError" for="t3" style="color: red; text-decoration: overline" /> does not make sense for Ajax. You have to have to wrap it with <a4j:outputPanel ajaxRendered="ajax" />

also, wrap up your h:selectOneMenu with <a4j:region>