Problems reading new inputText value when using reRender

Question

I have a selectOneListbox, when the user selects a certain option, then an inputText box appears for the user to enter data. I have the inputText box appearing & disappearing as it should (based on what the user chooses in the selectOneListbox) using the reRender attribute, but I can't read the value entered in the inputText box properly in the backing bean.
If I leave the reRender attribute off of the selectOneListbox, then I can read the value from the inputText box, or if I set the catTime property (which controls the reRender attribute) to True in the backing bean, then I can also read the value from the inputText box. But when the catTime property is being changed by the selectOneListbox, the inputText box will display, & I can enter data, but I can't read that data in the backing bean.
When I try to read the value the user puts in the inputText box, I always get null, instead of the numbers they entered.
Here's my JSP (I apologize if it doesn't look pretty, I admit this is my first post so I don't know all the tricks yet)
<a4j:outputPanel id="addNotePanel" styleClass="inputPanel" >
<a4j:form id="addNoteForm">
<t:htmlTag value="p" >
<t:selectOneListbox id="NoteType" value="#{addNoteBean.noteType}" size="1"
valueChangeListener="#{addNoteBean.checkForCatNote}">
<f:selectItems value="#{addNoteBean.noteTypes}"/>
<a4j:support event="onchange" reRender="catTable"/>
</t:selectOneListbox>
<t:div id="catTable">
<t:panelGrid columns="2" columnClasses="smallCol" cellspacing="0"
cellpadding="0" rendered="#{addNoteBean.catTime}">
<t:inputText id="catHrs" value="#{addNoteBean.catHrs}"
binding="#{addNoteBean.catHrsInput}" size="2"
validator="#{addNoteBean.validateCatHrs}">
</t:inputText>
<t:inputText id="catMin" value="#{addNoteBean.catMin}" size="2">
</t:inputText>
</t:panelGrid>
</t:div>
</t:htmlTag>
<t:htmlTag value="center" >
<a4j:commandButton value="Save" id="saveButton" action="#{addNoteBean.addNote}" oncomplete="javascript:closeNote()"
styleClass="button" style="background-color: #7490CA;"/>
</t:htmlTag>
</a4j:form>
</a4j:outputPanel>
{color:#ff0000}Here are the relevant parts of the backing bean{color}
private String catHrs;
private String catMin;
private UIInput catHrsInput;
private UIInput catMinInput;
private boolean catTime;
public void addNote() {
{color:#0000ff}+//currently this only contains code to display catHrs+
{color}}
public void checkForCatNote(ValueChangeEvent value) {
String selectedValue = (String)value.getNewValue();
if ("K".equals(selectedValue)) {
catTime = true;
else {
catTime = false;
}//end checkForCatNote
public void validateCatHrs(FacesContext context, UIComponent component, Object value) {
String hrs = value.toString();
catHrs = hrs;
System.+out+.println("ANB.validateCatHrs hrs=" + hrs + ".catHrs=" + catHrs + ".value=" + value + ".");
//Getters & setters
public String getNoteType() {
return noteType;
public void setNoteType(String noteType) {
this.noteType = noteType;
public String getCatHrs() {
return catHrs;
public void setCatHrs(String catHrs) {
this.catHrs = catHrs;
public String getCatMin() {
return catMin;
public void setCatMin(String catMin) {
this.catMin = catMin;
public boolean isCatTime() {
return catTime;
public void setCatTime(*boolean* catTime) {
this.catTime = catTime;
public UIInput getCatHrsInput() {
return catHrsInput;
public void setCatHrsInput(UIInput catHrsInput) {
this.catHrsInput = catHrsInput;
public UIInput getCatMinInput() {
return catMinInput;
public void setCatMinInput(UIInput catMinInput) {
this.catMinInput = catMinInput;

Answer 1

still_learning1 wrote:
I apologize if it doesn't look pretty, I admit this is my first post so I don't know all the tricks yetWrap your code in code tags. It is available by the CODE button in the message toolbar.