Question

I am validating my form using SSJS from a submit button. To display the error to the user I am using the extension library dialog box.

How can I set the focus to the field failing validation, using SSJS?

One thing I might be able to do is use CSJS in the OK button of the dialog box. I close it with the OK button as follows:

var errorField = '#{javascript:viewScope.get("errorField")}';

I tried the following but it does not seem to work.

if (errorField != null &&  errorField != "")
{   
var ef = document.getElementsByName("#{id:" + errorField + "}");
ef.focus();

}

I am setting the scope variable errorField when I do the actual validation.

Answer 1

Yes my bad on the missing colon. Ok tried it out and it doesn’t seem to be working for me either when I break up the id expression.

you have a viewScope set to the id of the error field, is it possible for you to set that to :

getComponent('...').getClientId();

if you could do that the you would be able to run:

var errorField = '#{javascript:viewScope.get("errorField")}';

var ef = dojo.byId(errorField);
ef.focus();

that works fine for me.