Can't define a event and bind an <a4j:support/> on this event at the same time

[romaintaz]

Hello all,

I am using Richfaces 3.3.2 with JSF 1.2, and I have a question regarding the usage of <a4j:support> component.

Let's consider this simple code:

    <h:inputText id="myInput" onchange="alert('foobar');">
        <a4j:support event="onchange" actionListener="#{myBean.doSomething}"/>
    </h:inputText>

This will generate the following HTML code:

    <input id="myForm:myInput" type="text" name="myForm:myInput" onchange="alert('foobar');" />

As you can see, the Ajax call is not binded to the onchange event of the <h:inputText>.

My question is to know if this behavior is normal, or is it a bug of the <a4j:support> component...

Of course, I can avoid this problem with the following code:

<h:inputText id="myInput">
    <a4j:support onsubmit="alert('foobar');" event="onchange" actionListener="#{myBean.doSomething}"/>
</h:inputText>

Regards.

[ilya_shaikovsky]

It's not a bug of component but just design behavior. In JSF 1.2 we had no such convenient way as in 2.0 where behaviors and their output standartized. And yes there is two options to perform that:

1) use onsubmit as you tried.

2) use not support but jsFunction and call directly from component event together with your js statements.