Setting initial focus amidst multiple templates, task flows, and fragments.

Question

Hi Guys,
Using JDev 11.1.1.4.
I've got page fragments for which I'd like to set the initial focus. The issue is that oftentimes these .jsff pages are nested within page templates, train templates, dynamic regions, etc. As far as I know, the initial focus for a component is set on the document. The trick is finding out what all the prefixes are before the .jsff component.
pt1:dynamicRegion:3:pt1:t1:0:it1Is there any easy way to figure out all the prefixes before this :it1, which can oftentimes be dramatically different?
Would the easiest way be to set the initial focus to say "defaultFocus" and then have every .jsff have a component id called "defaultFocus"? Feels like cheating, but any other way I can think of seems way too complicated.
Thanks,
Will

Answer 1

The method we use is mainly programmed by: Marianne Horsch.
So again, 1 page:
<af:document ...  initialFocusId="#{backingBeanScope.bolsysPageBean.initialFocus}">
<af:form .... defaultCommand="#{backingBeanScope.bolsysPageBean.defaultCommand}">Within the body of this page a dynamic region is defined, this is all that is ever refreshed.
Bean, not all logging etc removed:
  private static final String DEFAULT_COMMAND_ATTRIBUTE = "defaultCommand";
  private static final String INITIAL_FOCUS_ATTRIBUTE = "initialFocus";
  private String defaultCommand;
  private String initialFocus;
  public BolsysPageBean() {
    super();
    initPage();
  public final void initPage() {
    List<UIComponent> childrenList = getPageChildrenList();
    if (!childrenList.isEmpty()) {
      UIComponent defaultCommandComponent =
        UIComponentUtils.findComponentWithAttribute(childrenList, DEFAULT_COMMAND_ATTRIBUTE);
      if (defaultCommandComponent != null) {
        defaultCommand = defaultCommandComponent.getClientId(FacesContext.getCurrentInstance());
      UIComponent initialFocusComponent =
        UIComponentUtils.findComponentWithAttribute(childrenList, INITIAL_FOCUS_ATTRIBUTE);
      if (initialFocusComponent != null) {
        initialFocus = initialFocusComponent.getClientId(FacesContext.getCurrentInstance());
  private List<UIComponent> getPageChildrenList() {
    UIViewRoot root = FacesContext.getCurrentInstance().getViewRoot();
    if (FacesContext.getCurrentInstance() != null && FacesContext.getCurrentInstance().getViewRoot() != null) {
      return UIComponentUtils.getAllChildComponents(root);
    return Collections.<UIComponent>emptyList();
  public String getDefaultCommand() {
    return defaultCommand;
  public String getInitialFocus() {
    return initialFocus;
  }Util code:
  public static List<UIComponent> getAllChildComponents(UIComponent root) {
    List<UIComponent> list = new ArrayList<UIComponent>();
    if (root.getFacetCount() > 0) {
      Map<String, UIComponent> facetMap = root.getFacets();
      for (Map.Entry<String, UIComponent> entry : facetMap.entrySet()) {
        UIComponent facetComponent = entry.getValue();
        list.add(facetComponent);
        if (facetComponent.getChildCount() > 0 || facetComponent.getFacetCount() > 0) {
          list.addAll(getAllChildComponents(facetComponent));
    list.addAll(getOwnChildren(root));
    return list;
  private static List<UIComponent> getOwnChildren(UIComponent root) {
    List<UIComponent> list = new ArrayList<UIComponent>();
    if (root.getChildCount() > 0) {
      for (UIComponent child : root.getChildren()) {
        list.add(child);
        if (child.getChildCount() > 0 || child.getFacetCount() > 0) {
          list.addAll(getAllChildComponents(child));
    return list;
  }  The dynamic region is based on a backing bean as well.
As I said before, when you want it right use beans (:
-Anton