Bug with rich:simpleTogglePanel in richfaces 3.2.1-GA

[gjeudy]

Hi,

I have upgraded from richfaces 3.2.0-GA to 3.2.1-GA and now i'm facing an issue with rich:simpleTogglePanel in client mode:

<rich:simpleTogglePanel id="simpleToggleAddDomInstance"
 switchType="client" opened="false" label="Add Domain instance"
 rendered="#{editMode}">

 <h:form id="addDomainInstanceForm">
 <rdm:inputText label="Domain Description" id="description"
 value="#{newDomInstance.description}" eventsQueue="addDomainInstance" />
 <rdm:inputText label="Domain Code" id="codeValue"
 value="#{newDomInstance.codeValue}" eventsQueue="addDomainInstance" />
 <rdm:inputDate label="Valid from date" id="validFromDate"
 value="#{newDomInstance.validityPeriod.validFromDate}" eventsQueue="addDomainInstance" />
 <rdm:inputDate label="Valid to date" id="validToDate"
 value="#{newDomInstance.validityPeriod.validToDate}" eventsQueue="addDomainInstance" />
 <a4j:commandButton id="addDomainInstance"
 action="#{domInstanceAdminAction.addDomainInstance}" value="Done"
 reRender="domainInstancesPane, simpleToggleAddDomInstance" />
 </h:form>
 </rich:simpleTogglePanel>

When I hit the command button the action doesn't get executed on the server-side. If I change rich:simpleTogglePanel clientType="ajax" and works again as expected.

In richfaces 3.2.0-GA clientType="client" used to work in this scenario. (command button action being processed on the server normally)

Please advise,
-Guillaume

[jieshengz]

I had a similar problem with 3.2.1. In my case, the SimpleTogglePanel has client switch type, opened="false". Any form elements in it will not be decoded in server.

I traced to SimpleTogglePanel decode logic. The logic checks the "openness" first. If "openness" is false, it only decodes itself. Otherwise, it decodes its children. Apparently the "client" switch type can not update the openness state of the server Component Object.

This should be a bug. In my case, it worked in 3.2.0.

-jason

[jieshengz]

https://jira.jboss.org/jira/browse/RF-3635