Thanks a lot Thiago for your response. As much as it answers my question, as much as it makes me sad that I couldn't do it easily using Zones.
*---------------------* *Muhammad Gelbana* http://www.linkedin.com/in/mgelbana On Wed, Dec 17, 2014 at 3:18 PM, Thiago H de Paula Figueiredo < thiag...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Wed, 17 Dec 2014 05:10:53 -0200, Muhammad Gelbana <m.gelb...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Yea I get. But I won't be able to fill these fields with their default >> values from the server side. >> > > The user won't see them, so what's the problem? :) Just submit the whole > form when the Select value changes, so you don't lose the field values, but > with something that tells the server-side the form isn't ready for updating > the database yet. > > The select component may have unpredictable >> amount of elements, each element will control what fields to be displayed >> and what default values should they have. This is all database driver. >> You solution will work but I'll have to load every possible information I >> need whenever the page is loaded and save it at the client's browser. >> But this is not tapestrish, I would've loved to do this the tapestry way. >> Easy and efficient :) >> > > In this case, if you don't think are suggestions are enough, I believe > you're trying to use Zone in a scenario more complex than it was designed > for. Zone was created for simple AJAX updates of a given portion of a page. > Emphasis on simple. If it doesn't cover what you need for your scenario, > you'll need to use something else. > > This is similar to a couple discussions we already had in this mailing > list about components such as Grid and BeanEditForm. As Howard once said, > BeanEditForm, BeanEditor, and Grid (I'd add Zone here) are meant to be used > to get something working quickly, not to be the solution of all scenarios. > If you have a too specific scenario, you'll need to write too specific code > for it. > > > -- > Thiago H. de Paula Figueiredo > Tapestry, Java and Hibernate consultant and developer > http://machina.com.br > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tapestry.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tapestry.apache.org > >
