Error message for required inputText components with no label

Question

I'm using JDev/ADF 10.1.3 (but I suppose that an answer for 11g would still be the right answer.)
I'm creating a panelForm (or in 11g it would be a panelFormLayout) with a line for City, State, Zip, all required fields. Here is the code:
<af:panelLabelAndMessage label="#{res.cityStateZip_label}">
   <af:panelGroup layout="horizontal">
      <af:inputText value="#{backing_facilityUpdate.city}"
                          columns="30" maximumLength="30"
                          required="true"
                           requiredMessageDetail="#{res.requiredMessage}"
                           tip="#{res.city_label}"/>
      <af:inputText value="#{backing_facilityUpdate.state}"
                          columns="2" maximumLength="2" required="true"
                          requiredMessageDetail="#{res.requiredMessage}"
                          tip="#{res.state_label}"/>
      <af:inputText value="#{backing_facilityUpdate.zip}"
                           columns="10" maximumLength="10" required="true"
                           requiredMessageDetail="#{res.requiredMessage}"
                           tip="#{res.zipCode_label}">
          <af:validateRegExp pattern="^\d{5}(-\d{4})?$"
                                     noMatchMessageDetail="#{res.zip_invalidMessage}"/>
       </af:inputText>
   </af:panelGroup>
</af:panelLabelAndMessage>This gives me the appearance I want. But because there is no "label" attribute on the three inputText components, when a user doesn't fill them in, the error message shows the requiredMessage from the resource bundle, with just a dash - no identification of the field. I tried setting "shortDesc" - doesn't help. The "tip" doesn't do it.
Is there a way to identify which field was not filled in without setting the "label" attribute, or a way to set the label attribute, but not display the label except in the message?

Answer 1

Thanks - adding the labels with simple=true works in 10g as in 11g. This makes it ignore my "tip" attributes, but I can live with that. I added some spacing so I think people can tell which fields get City, State, and Zip even without the tips. I suppose I could add a line of outputText components under the line, but getting them spaced properly might be a problem. No, I'll live with what I've got.
Thanks.
Edited by: jflack on Nov 5, 2012 10:32 AM