Focus problem...

[bjorntj]

I have the following code in my xhtml file..:

<h:outputText value="*#{msgs.FootRing}:" style="font-weight: bold"/>
 <h:inputText id="observfotring" value="#{observMarkedBean.chosenObserv.fotring}" size="20" maxlength="7"
 validatorMessage="Lengde må være på max 7 tegn">
 <f:validateLength maximum="7"/>
 <a4j:support event="onblur" reRender="observExtraInfo,observhalsring" ajaxSingle="true" limitToList="true" action="#{observMarkedBean.findHalsring}"/>
 </h:inputText>
 <rich:message for="observfotring">
 <f:facet name="passedMarker">
 <h:graphicImage value="/secure/images/passed.gif"/>
 </f:facet>
 <f:facet name="errorMarker">
 <h:graphicImage value="/secure/images/error.gif"/>
 </f:facet>
 </rich:message>
 <h:outputText value="*#{msgs.NeckRing}:" style="font-weight: bold"/>
 <h:inputText id="observhalsring" value="#{observMarkedBean.chosenObserv.halsring}" size="20" maxlength="3"
 validatorMessage="Lengde må være på max 3 tegn">
 <a4j:support event="onblur" reRender="observExtraInfo,observfotring" ajaxSingle="true" limitToList="true" action="#{observMarkedBean.findFotring}"/>
 <f:validateLength maximum="3"/>
 </h:inputText>
 <rich:message for="observhalsring">
 <f:facet name="passedMarker">
 <h:graphicImage value="/secure/images/passed.gif"/>
 </f:facet>
 <f:facet name="errorMarker">
 <h:graphicImage value="/secure/images/error.gif"/>
 </f:facet>
 </rich:message>

When entering leaving the first field (observfotring) then I expect the cursor to appear in the next field (observhalsring) but it doesn't... It disappear... If I remove the a4j:support tag, the the cursor and focus behave as I expect...
How can I the this to work when using the a4j:support tag? (And I have tried the focus attribute on the a4j:support tag but that didn't change anything...)


Regards,

BTJ

[ilya_shaikovsky]

focus="idOfElementToFocusAfterRequest"works for me.

[bjorntj]

Hmmm.. I just tried again and now it works... :-|
But there is still a problem with using the focus attribute and that is if the user goes back to the previous field instead of forward to the next field, then the focus is completely lost and I have to use the mouse to click on a field to get focus...


BTJ

[ilya_shaikovsky]

so define focus attribute for every support according to your focusing logic.

[ilya_shaikovsky]

b.t.w. in general check that you really need to update inputs after the request.

[bjorntj]

"so define focus attribute for every support according to your focusing logic.

Yes, of course... that I can do... :-|
Thx..

BTJ