[TOMAHAWK-1232] EqualValidator: 'for' attribute doesn't work correctly in conjunction with RichFaces

• Type: Bug
• Status: Open
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Affects Version/s: 1.1.6
• Component/s: Validators
• Environment: MyFaces Core 1.2.2 - Tomahawk 1.1.6 - RichFaces 3.2.0-GA - Spring 2.0.5 on Jetty 6.1.3
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Baroch Oren
• Created: 15/Apr/08 13:16
• Updated: 07/May/08 15:06

Description

(Put as Major - since might apply also to other places where interface with RichFaces might cause similar issue)

In the following code, generated Id for <t:inputSecret> is postfixed with j_id_2, which prevents <t:EqualValidator> from working properly.
This issue is similar to an RichFaces-internal bug, already fixed: http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/RF-1499

code:
<a4j:region id="changePasswordModalDialogCompositionRegion">
<rich:modalPanel id="changePasswordModalPanel" autosized="true" zindex="2000" width="600" height="400" showWhenRendered="true">
<h:form id="changePasswordModalPanelForm">
<t:div id="changePasswordModalDiv">
<rich:panel id="identityVerificationPanel">
<f:facet name="header">
<h:outputText value="Identity verification for user #

{authCtx.currentUser.id}"/>
</f:facet>
<t:panelGrid columns="2">
<t:outputLabel value="Please type the current user (#{authCtx.currentUser.id}

) password" for="currentUserPassword"/>
<t:inputSecret id="currentUserPassword" value="#

{userAdministrationFormBean.actingUserPassword}

" required="true" redisplay="false" tabindex="1">
<!-a4j:support event="onkeyup" ajaxSingle="true" immediate="true" reRender="changePasswordButtonDiv"/->
</t:inputSecret>
</t:panelGrid>
</rich:panel>
<rich:spacer height="50"/>
<rich:panel id="passwordChangePanel">
<f:facet name="header">
<h:outputText value="Change password for #

{userAdministrationFormBean.selectedUserId}"/>
</f:facet>
<t:panelGrid columns="3">
<t:outputLabel value="Type a new password:" for="passwordInput"/>
<t:inputSecret id="passwordInput" value="#{userAdministrationFormBean.selectedUserNewPassword}" required="true" redisplay="false" forceId="true" />
<rich:spacer/>

<t:outputLabel value="Re-type password:" for="repeatPassswordInput"/>
<t:inputSecret id="repeatPassswordInput" required="true" value="" redisplay="false">
<t:validateEqual for="passwordInput" message="Password not changed: Password fields do not match"/>
</t:inputSecret>
<t:inputHidden value="#{userAdministrationFormBean.selectedUserId}

" />

<rich:spacer/>
<rich:spacer/>
<rich:spacer/>

<rich:spacer/>
<t:div id="changePasswordButtonDiv">
<a4j:commandButton value="Change password" id="changePasswordButton" action="#" actionListener="#

{userAdministrationFormBean.changePassword}

"
reRender="changePasswordInclude">
</a4j:commandButton>
</t:div>

<a4j:commandButton value="Cancel" action="#" onclick="Richfaces.hideModalPanel('changePasswordModalPanel')" action="#

{userAdministrationFormBean.resetPasswordDialog}

"
immediate="true"/>

</t:panelGrid>
</rich:panel>
<a4j:outputPanel id="chgPswMsgsPanel">
<t:messages showDetail="true" showSummary="true" layout="table"/>
</a4j:outputPanel>
</t:div>
</h:form>
</rich:modalPanel>
</a4j:region>

Note: workaround - use forceId to disable postfixing - does not work. in this case, the error would be:
javax.faces.FacesException - Unable to find component 'passwordInput' (calling findComponent on component repeatPassswordInputj_id_2')
The Richfaces postfixing still applies; Firebug shows: <input id="passwordInputj_id_2" type="password" name="passwordInputj_id_2"/>

BTW postfixing, as far as I understood, originates from the JSF spec, and thus should not be disabled.

Currently this issue forces me to re-write the EqualValidator component.