[CLK-780] AutoCompleteTextField does not pop up suggestion list when in a form

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Cannot Reproduce
• Affects Version/s: 2.3.0
• Component/s: extras
• Labels: AutoCompleteTextField
• Environment: Windows 7, Eclipse 3.4, Google App Engine SDK (latest), JRE 1.6_20
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: John Ghidiu
• Created: 21/Nov/11 17:18
• Updated: 04/Nov/13 20:58
• Resolved: 04/Nov/13 20:58

Description

I noticed that the AutoCompleteTextField does not seem to work. Looking at the code, I found that dispatchActionEvent() may not be called (in particular, if there is no request parameter with the field's name, then dispatchActionEvent() will not be called).

As a [temporary] fix, I subclass AutoCompleteTextField and override onProcess() something like this:

if (getContext().isAjaxRequest()) {
dispatchActionEvent
} else {
super.onProcess();
}

This seems to work in my case, but it is entirely likely that I am doing something dangerous/stupid/wrong.