SelectItem value and label are similar?

[sparklink]

Hi,

i'm using RichFaces 3.3.0 and found problem with SelectItem object inside comboBox. The SelectItem takes several parameters and one of each is SelectItem that takes 2 parameters, Object value and String label. In my mind, String label is a value that will appear in comboBox, and Object value is the whole object that represent label in comboBox. but once i try to use this :

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SelectItem s = new SelectItem("This is the value","This is the label");

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The value appear in comboBox is the value of the object (in this case : "This is the value"), not the label value ("This is the label"). Is my logical way wrong? the truth value i want to get is "This is the value" and the label i want to appear is "This is the label"..

[nbelaevski]

Hi,

No, rich:comboBox supports values only.

[nbelaevski]

Check this out: http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&t=146103.

[sparklink]

so what is the usage of itemLabel then? is it a bug?

[nbelaevski]

No, not a bug. ComboBox is not a select menu, but input. SelectItem support was developed for convenience; you can use values collection instead.

[sparklink]

mmm.. so what should i do if i want a comboBox functionality? You said that comboBox is not for select menu, but for input.. is that impossible to make comboBox as select menu functionality?

[nbelaevski]

"sparklink" wrote:
.. is that impossible to make comboBox as select menu functionality?

Use converter that will match user typed value with some entity from the available ones.