I'm using Richfaces 3.3.1.
I've a h:selectOneMenu in my modal panel as shown below:
<a4j:region>
<h:selectOneMenu id="Race4E1" value="#{nFIRS4_SectionE1.currentRace}" >
<f:selectItems value="#{nFIRS4_SectionE1.race}"/>
</h:selectOneMenu>
</a4j:region>
<a4j:region>
<h:selectOneMenu id="Race4E1" value="#{nFIRS4_SectionE1.currentRace}" >
<a4j:support ajaxSingle="true" event="onchange"/>
<f:selectItems value="#{nFIRS4_SectionE1.race}"/>
</h:selectOneMenu>
</a4j:region>
When I change in a value in my drop down, the value is set in my backing bean:
public void setCurrentRace(String currentRace) {
this.currentRace = currentRace;
}
When I submit my modalPanel, I run a validator to check for my validation errors and open an error dialog if a data validation occurs.
<a4j:commandButton
action="#{nfirs4PopupManager.addCivilianFireCasualty()}"
id="nfirs4_submit" value="Save"
oncomplete="#{nfirs4PopupValidator.errorsPresent} ?
#{rich:component('error4ModalPanel')}.show() :
#{rich:component('civilianFireCasualtyModalPanel')}.hide()"
/>
My problem is when I submit the modal panel, it goes back to setCurrentRace(String currentRace) and sets the input parameter String currentRace to null and my value in the drop down (from the h:selectOneMenu above) is lost. If I change the component to h:inputText, it does not go back to setCurrentRace(String currentRace) and my values are properly saved.
