required fields x focus

[edilmar]

Hi,

I have a webapp JSF2+RichFaces3.3.3.

I use required and requiredMessage to control required fields.

All works fine when user doesn't fill the field.

But, I would to know if there is some way to focus the field required

after the requiredMessage is showed by JSF. I didn't find how to

do this because I didn't know how to call some javascript code to

implement the focus.

[ilya_shaikovsky]

just add some code to server side which check's if there are some faces messages (for example in phaseListener before render - add check for FacesContext.getClientIdsWithMessages()). if some components failed - store the first one in some view bean property. Then there are different options - you could add the clientId to focus attribute of the action component using EL binding or just add to inline script (which will be reRender'ed after request) like

<script>

focusTheFiled(#{someBean.storedIdOfFailedComponent});

</script>