Enabling a disabled TextField

Question

I have a JSF page with a Woodstock table and some actions. The actions include a Woodstock TextField that is initially disabled and is enabled when a selection is made in the table. Unfortunately because it was initially disabled it is not included in the POST request even though it is now enabled.
The TextField is enabled like this:
document.getElementById('form1:table1:actionsTop:textField2').setProps({disabled: disable});
Is there something else I need to do to make sure the field is submitted after it is re-enabled?
Cheers,
Dave
Edited by: Oxley on Oct 7, 2008 3:37 AM

Answer 1

I don't think you understood my question. The TextField is already enabled and disabled as required. It already has a disabled attribute: disabled="#{Projects.actionsDisabled}". The problem is that the value is not submitted to the server (TextField.getValue() == null) unless I exclude the disabled attribute. I understand from the documentation that disabled field values are not included in the form submission but once it has been enabled with the javascript above (document.getElementById('form1:table1:actionsTop:textField2').setProps({disabled: disable});) then it should be submitted.
So to sum up the TextField value is not submitted to the server if its original state is disabled==true even if its state at the time of submission is disabled==false.
So how can I ensure that the TextField value is submitted once I have enabled it?
Hope this makes it a bit more clear.
Cheers,
Dave.