f:ajax / a4j:ajax destroys rich:tooltips displayed in a rich:tree when render="@form"

[kwutzke]

Hello,

I have the following code:

{code}
  <h:body>
    <h:form>
      <rich:tree value="#{nodeManager.rootTreeNode}"
                 var="treeNode"
                 nodeType="#{treeNode.emitCode}"
                 toggleType="client">
        <rich:treeNode type="root">
          <h:panelGrid columns="4">
            <h:outputText value="#{treeNode.name}" id="node-name" />
            <rich:tooltip value="The name is..." direction="bottomRight" target="node-name" />
            <h:commandLink value="Add...">
              <rich:tooltip value="Add chapter" direction="bottomRight" />
              <a4j:ajax render="root-add-chapter-popup" oncomplete="#{rich:component('root-add-chapter-popup')}.show()" />
            </h:commandLink>
          </h:panelGrid>
        </rich:treeNode>
      </rich:tree>
      <rich:popupPanel modal="true"
                       domElementAttachment="form"
                       onmaskclick="#{rich:component('root-add-chapter-popup')}.hide(); return false;"
                       id="root-add-chapter-popup">
        <f:facet name="header">
          <h:outputText value="Add Chapter" />
        </f:facet>
        <h:panelGrid columns="1" style="margin: 0px auto;">
          <h:commandButton value="Rerender form and hide!">
            <!--a4j:ajax render="@form" onclick="#{rich:component('root-add-chapter-popup')}.hide(); return true;" /-->    <!-- works -->
            <!--f:ajax render="@form" onclick="#{rich:component('root-add-chapter-popup')}.hide(); return true;" /-->      <!-- breaks tooltips -->
            <a4j:ajax render="@form" oncomplete="#{rich:component('root-add-chapter-popup')}.hide(); return true;" /> <!-- breaks tooltips -->
          </h:commandButton>
        </h:panelGrid>
      </rich:popupPanel>
    </h:form>
  </h:body>{code}

When rerendering the form (h:commandButton render="@form") via f:ajax onclick="" or a4j:ajax oncomplete="" the rich:tooltip elements on the rich:treeNode are lost. Note that a4j:ajax onclick="" is working. It doesn't make much sense to me why the others aren't working.

So, is this a bug?

Karsten

[mcmurdosound]

rerendering is always a bit tricky - at least if you want to rerender forms. This is a lection I've learned by using richfaces 3.x. I never render forms. Only a4j:outputPanels or h:panelGroups inside forms.

The <f:ajax> doesn't have an onclick attribute - as far as I know.. "onevent" I think.

You cound try to only rerender the parts of your page which actually need do be rerendered.