Problem with a4j:commandButton

[bwilliam]

Hi,
I have a problem with a4j:commandButton not executing it's action when placed after a data table see source below:

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%">
 <tr>
 <td class="body-main-wide" style="height: 630px;">

 <h2>Agronomists Portal</h2>
 <h:form>

 <%-- THIS COMMAND BUTTON WORKS CORRECTLY: generalBean.takeIrrigatorSelection is executed --%>

 <a4j:commandButton value="Select Party"
 action="#{generalBean.takeIrrigatorSelection}" onclick="Richfaces.hideModalPanel('IrrigatorSelectMp')"
 oncomplete="javascript:Richfaces.showModalPanel('IrrigatorPropertyMp');"/>

 </h:form>
 <h:form>
 <%-- Modal panel for irrigator selection --%>
 <rich:modalPanel id="IrrigatorSelectMp"
 showWhenRendered="true" height="395">
 <f:facet name="header">
 <h:outputText value="Select Irrigator" />
 </f:facet>
 <f:facet name="controls">
 <h:commandLink value="Close" style="cursor:pointer"
 onclick="Richfaces.hideModalPanel('IrrigatorSelectMp')" />
 </f:facet>
 <t:outputText>Please select an irrigator to use from the list below.</t:outputText>
 <h:form>


 <rich:scrollableDataTable id="irrDataTable" var="irrigator" value="#{generalBean.agronomistParties}" rendered="true"
 sortMode="single" height="305px"
 binding="#{generalBean.irrigatorDataTable}"
 selection="#{generalBean.selectedIrrigator}">
 <rich:column width="18">
 <h:graphicImage value="#{initParam.imagesDir}/user1-16.png" />
 </rich:column>
 <rich:column width="100">
 <f:facet name="header">
 <h:outputText value="Please select an irrigator." />
 </f:facet>
 <h:outputText value="#{irrigator.formalPartyName}" />
 </rich:column>
 </rich:scrollableDataTable>


 </h:form>




 <h:form>

 <%-- THIS COMMAND BUTTON DOES NOT WORK CORRECTLY: generalBean.takeIrrigatorSelection is NOT executed --%>
 <a4j:commandButton value="Select Party"
 action="#{generalBean.takeIrrigatorSelection}" onclick="Richfaces.hideModalPanel('IrrigatorSelectMp')"
 oncomplete="javascript:Richfaces.showModalPanel('IrrigatorPropertyMp');"/>

 </h:form>

 </rich:modalPanel>

Can anybody tell me what is wrong here? I'm using RichFaces3.3.0 with myfaces 1.2.6 on Tomcat6. Thanks heaps for any feedback.

Brett

[shino]

I think I'm facing the same problem:

<ui:composition xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"
 xmlns:ui="http://java.sun.com/jsf/facelets"
 xmlns:h="http://java.sun.com/jsf/html"
 xmlns:f="http://java.sun.com/jsf/core"
 xmlns:a4j="http://richfaces.org/a4j"
 xmlns:rich="http://richfaces.org/rich">

 <ui:decorate template="templates/ModalPanel.xhtml">
 <ui:param name="param_Header" value="#{msgs.deleteAddress}" />
 <ui:param name="param_StyleClass" value="" />
 <ui:param name="param_ID" value="#{param_MP_ID}" />

 <ui:define name="mpContent">
 <h:form>
 <table width="400">
 <tbody>
 <tr>
 <td><br></br>
 <h:outputText value="#{msgs.reallyDeleteThisAddress}" /> <br></br>
 </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td><h:outputText
 value="#{addressbookController.currentAddress.name1},
 #{addressbookController.currentAddress.addressref}" />
 </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td align="center" width="50%"><a4j:commandButton
 id="ADDRESSBOOK_PORTLET_DELETEADDRESS_SUBMIT_A4J" type="submit"
 value="#{msgs.yes}" action="#{addressFormBacking.submit}"
 oncomplete="#{rich:component('deleteAddressPanel')}.hide();"
 reRender="#{param_ReRender}" /> <a4j:commandButton
 id="ADDRESSBOOK_PORTLET_DELETEADDRESS_CANCEL_A4J"
 value="#{msgs.cancel}"
 onclick="#{rich:component('#{param_MP_ID}')}.hide();return false;" />
 </td>
 </tr>
 </tbody>
 </table>
 </h:form>
 </ui:define>
 </ui:decorate>
</ui:composition>

Has anybody found a solution yet?

best regards
Chris

[nbelaevski]

Hi Chris,

Please add rich:messages and check if any were generated. Also check that forms are not nested - JSF forbids that.