Hello,

OK, shouldn't try stuff so late =)

Somehow I always worked on the "<rich:suggestionbox>" tag instead the "<h:inputtext>", which of course could not work.

Here is my solution in case anyone searches for the same:

On the inputText tag add a call to a javascript function in case of a key press, e.g.:

<h:inputText value="#{someBean.text}" id="search"
 required="false" autocomplete="off"
 onkeypress="catchReturn(event)" />

somewhere appropriate define a JavaScript function catchReturn

/**
 * Catches the return key and executes an action in that case.
 */
function catchReturn (e) {
 var keycode;

 if (window.event) { // IE
 keycode = e.keyCode;
 } else if (e.which) { // real browsers
 keycode = e.which;
 }

 if (keycode == 13 || keycode == "13") {
 someReturnAction();
 }
}

Finally define someReturnAction() function such that it executes the Java method on return:

<a:jsFunction name="addItem" reRender="listN" action="#{someBean.yourSubmitFunction}" focus="search" />

ciao,
Elmar