[ER] af:showPopupDialog / within af:selectOneChoice / editor complaints

Question

Hi,
I'm using <af:showPopupDialog triggerType="valueChange" /> within <af:selectOneChoice /> to open up a popup when the user changes value in the drop down box.
This works great at runtime, however the JDeveloper (TP3) jspx editor complains that <af:selectOneChoice /> does not support having a child <af:showPopupDialog />. The editor also restrict us from dragging and dropping a <af:showPopupDialog /> component from the component palette to place it within <af:selectOneChoice />.
I've also created a custom component extending <f:selectItems /> and the editor also complains when I'm using it within <af:selectOneChoice />.
Is it possible to remove the restriction on the type of child components supported by <af:selectOneChoice />?
Thanx!
Olivier

Answer 1

Hi,
actually I am not sure this is possible because the select one choice is rendered as a HTML list box. However, did you try
<script>
function valueHasChanged(event ev){
// launch popup here
</script>
<af:clientListener method="valueHasChanged" type="valueChange"/>
This is the proper way of doing it because it registers a JavaScript event with the select item
Frank