Hello,
I'm trying to set up an "editable combo-box" using rich:select with enableManualInput="true".
Apart from the issue already described in https://issues.jboss.org/browse/RF-11088, so far I'm having problems handling "wrong" user input: if the user types a value which is NOT included in the list of selectable "selectItems", I would like to restore the previous value of the field. But, I cannot find a way to attach an effective event hander (be it javascript or server-side) to be triggered in this situation.
My code:
<rich:select
id="tracoChoice"
value="#{customerActivitiesController.selectedTraco}"
enableManualInput="true">
<f:selectItems value="#{customerActivitiesController.selectableTracos}"/>
<a4j:ajax event="change" execute="@this" listener="#{customerActivitiesController.onSelectedTracoChange}" render="currentCustomerActivity"/>
</rich:select>
If I select a value from the drop-down, onSelectedTracoChange() is called as expected. If I just type a random value in the input field (and then press ENTER, or TAB), onSelectedTracoChange is not called.
I also experimented with valueChangeListener, to no avail. On the javascript side, I tried various combinations involving onblur and onchange, but these fire for normal value selection as well. I just thought there must be a simpler way that escapes me...
Alberto
