More form buttons and validation

[mvlach]

Hi all,

I have one question:

I would like to have one form with some form fields. More of them are validated. In same form I would have one form field without validation. That all is ok, but:

in form i would have 2 buttons - one classic Save and second "Add attachement" which upload the file to the entity and not run the form validation.

Is is possible to do that ?

Mila

[pmuir]

Using two forms is the simplest way to do this.

[mvlach]

Thanks, I know it, but I dont know how to disable validation. When sumbiting first button, I would like to validate field via medatadata (@NotNull), but when I click on the second button (on same form) I would like to call listener action without validation.

Mila

[pmuir]

@NotNull doesn't really work (see the Seam Problems FAQ on the wiki).

It's hard to disable validation depending on which button is pressed using the standard JSF/Seam validation stuff. You would need to cook up your own solution, or, as I mentioned, use two forms.

[app4you]

miloslav.vlach,

This is a general JSF thing. You can do this:
<h:commandButton immediate="true" onclick="bCancel=true" value="Upload Attachment"/>