filterby event

jrboss May 29, 2009 11:08 AM

I know this a little wacko.

My users want filtering capability but they are keyboard centric users. So if I add filterEvent="onKeyUp" it filters however, they want to be able to tab through the filter input texts and not have table rerender everytime they hit tab.
So I change to filterEvent="onChange". But they have a problem with how that works. If they put in a value and click a button without first tabbing out of the filter text box, (why would they even do that) two request are sent and I think they are stepping on each other and causing problems sometimes.

Is there a way to get a hybrid of the two behaviors? Like set the event to onKeyUp except when that key is the Tab key? Or onKeyUp only when a change has been made?

Thanks in advance for any help.

1. Re: filterby event

jrboss Jun 10, 2009 12:14 PM (in response to jrboss)

filterEvent="onKeyUp" except the tab key??

I found this

http://bytes.com/groups/javascript/94123-modifying-onkeyup-event-ignore-tab-keypress

but I am not sure how to apply it to the filterEvent.

Any help would be appreciated.
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2. Re: filterby event

ilya_shaikovsky Jun 11, 2009 7:36 AM (in response to jrboss)

use external filtering and manage your filter controls as it needed by your case. check richfaces-demo.
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3. Re: filterby event

jrboss Jun 11, 2009 2:35 PM (in response to jrboss)

Thank you very much for your reply.

Im sorry I am not seeing how this helps me. I already define a filter method. But this is not my problem. I am using an extendedDataTable because I need the scrolling feature and the filtering feature. I need to avoid re-rendering the table when a user is tabbing through the and only re-render when the user enters some text into a filter.
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4. Re: filterby event

ilya_shaikovsky Jun 12, 2009 5:09 AM (in response to jrboss)

show your current code please.
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