rich:scrollableDataTable causes tabbing issues

[kragoth]

Hi,

Our test team has brought up an issue that I think is due to the way a scrollableDataTable is rendered.

If I have a component before and after a scrollableDataTable, when I am in component 1 and press tab focus seems to go to an invisible component. Then, when tab is pressed again control goes to my component after my scrollableDataTable.

This I believe is caused by the fact that a scrollableDataTable outputs this html

<iframe class="dr-sdt-substrate" frameborder="0" id="j_id350:carList:hs" scrolling="no" src="javascript:''"><br /></iframe>

Is there any reason for this iframe? I really don't know enough about this component to understand what the point of this iframe is. But it does seem odd.

Maybe allow us to put a bit of javascript on it so we can force focus on the next element.

[konstantin.mishin]

Hi.
This frame fix some problems in IE.
See: http://www.actionscript.org/forums/showthread.php3?p=594705

[kragoth]

I don't think you understand my problem.

My problem is that the richfaces library is putting this iframe in the html, not me. I have no control over it. In fact for my use of the rich:scrollableDataTable the iframe does not need to exist at all. I'm not even sure why it exists in the first place.

So because of this iframe my tabbing order gets all messed up.

Is there any reason why this doesn't have a tab index of -1?

[konstantin.mishin]

Your problem doesn't connected with this iframe. We stop tabbing in our js-code. You can find some bugs about it in our jira.

[kragoth]

Ok, so should I raise another JIRA?

Because I just tested the tabbing issue by putting a javascript onfocus event on all elements and the iframe is still getting the focus.
I'm pretty sure you can only stop this with a -1 in the tab index.

So, your javascript does not stop the tabbing (tested in IE 6).
The focus event fired on

<iframe class="dr-sdt-substrate" frameborder="0" id="MasterPageForm:workgroupsViewTable:hs" scrolling="no" src="javascript:''"><br /></iframe>

I'll go try search JIRA but this would appear to still be a richfaces problem.

[kragoth]

I've just looked/searched through the JIRAs raised on scrollableDataTable and I cannot find any relating to the specific issue I'm having. If you know of one that addresses this issue please let me know where I can find it.

Thanks