rich:autocomplete> the autocomplete list items cannot be selected by mouse click. Defaults to first item.

[rohangk]

Hi Everyone,

   I am using Rich faces 4.3.6.Final.

I am facing an issue with the rich:autocomplete component.

The items in the List which gets drawn when we start typing can be highlighted using the up/down arrow of the keyboard.

However trying to highlight any item in the list by hovering the mouse cursor over it is not possible. It always defaults to highlighting the first item in the list.

Has anyone else faced this issue? any idea how this can be fixed?

I couldn't find any defect ticket raised for this.

Thanks,

Rohan

[liuliu]

it's a bug in 4.3.6, fixed in future 4.3.8 or 4.5.

[rohangk]

Ok, i was able to fix the issue.

I was using <span> to encapsulate the label as a child withing the autocomplete component which was causing this issue.

<rich:autocomplete var=dev .......>

    <span id="#{dev.id}" >#{dev.label} </span>

</rich:autocomplete>

I changed this to -

<rich:autocomplete var=dev .......>

    #{dev.label}

    <span id="#{dev.id}"/>

</rich:autocomplete>

This fixed the issue for me.