rich:calendar - how do I validate if manual input enabled?

[konstandinos]

Hi

I have followed the example of rich:calendar on the livedemo website. Thus my rich:calendar component sits inside an a4j:outputPanel component.

I was going to leave the rich:calendar's attribute "enableManualInput" to its default of false (and thereby not have to be concerned with validating the date) but unfortunately I need manual editing enabled, since I am dealing with very old dates, and scrolling back 100 years is not fun!

But now my validation rich:message component doesn't associate to the input field correctly. I get the following in my console output:

[lifecycle] WARNING: FacesMessage(s) have been enqueued, but may not have been displayed.

I have double checked that the "id" attribute of the a4j:outputPanel corresponds to the validator's "for" attribute - so why does my webapp not display the validation message (whether pass or fail)?

Below is my code JSF code:

 <h:outputText value="Birthday" />
 <h:outputText value="#{contactController.contact.personalDetailsBirthday}">
 <f:convertDateTime pattern="yyyy-MM-dd" />
 </h:outputText>
 <a4j:outputPanel id="personalDetailsBirthday" layout="block">
 <rich:calendar value="#{contactController.contact.personalDetailsBirthday}"
 popup="true"
 datePattern="yyyy-MM-dd"
 enableManualInput="true"
 showApplyButton="false"/>
 </a4j:outputPanel>
 <rich:message for="personalDetailsBirthday">
 <f:facet name="passedMarker">
 <h:graphicImage value="/includes/images/tick.png" />
 </f:facet>
 <f:facet name="errorMarker">
 <h:graphicImage value="/includes/images/cross.png" />
 </f:facet>
 </rich:message>

Thanks.

[konstandinos]

Ah I got it to work by placing the id="personalDetailsBirthday" inside the rich:calendar tag as opposed to the a4j:outputPanel.

I assumed I had to correlate the validator to the outputPanel the same way I have correlated validators to inputText fields in the past.

[konstandinos]

Ok but now how do I assign a label to the rich:calendar component? I have tried giving it a "label" attribute but it doesn't work.

Without a label I get those ugly validation messages:

contactCreate:personalDetailsBirthday: 'asdf' could not be understood as a date. Example: 2008-01-31

I'd prefer something like:

Birthday: 'asdf' could not be understood as a date. Example: 2008-01-31

[ilya_shaikovsky]

use 3.1.4 GA.