Hi, Which version of Tapestry are you using? If you're referring to the Autocompleter from T4.x, I've already logged some bugs about these kinds of problems, which resulted in the Suggest component getting created:
http://tapestry.apache.org/tapestry4.1/components/scriptaculous/suggest.html It takes a little more work to setup, but it has been much more flexible and robust for our needs. HTH Ben On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 2:55 AM, Richard Hoberman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi All > > Under certain conditions, the autocompleter ignores text that has been types > directly into the textfield. > > To reproduce: > > 1. Give focus to the textfield portion of the autocompleter > 2. Type in a valid value > 3. Click the textfield portion of the autocompleter (this closes the > dropdown) > 4. Submit the form > > This results in a validation error (my form checks for a value). > > Repeat, but add: > > 3b. Press the TAB key > > Tabbing away from the field causes the value to register. > > This looks like a bug to me - dismissing the dropdown should have the same > effect as tabbing away from the field. > > I'm going to file a bug report, but I'd like to know whether anyone else has > encountered this problem and whether there are any workarounds. > > Thanks > > Richard Hoberman > -- > View this message in context: > http://www.nabble.com/Autocompleter%3A-value-ignored-when-dismissing-dropdown-tp18232151p18232151.html > Sent from the Tapestry - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
