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Asked: 2026-06-14T22:29:02+00:00

The Primefaces p:selectOneMenu component does not seem to bring focus to a previously selected

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The Primefaces p:selectOneMenu component does not seem to bring focus to a previously selected item. For example, if I have a menu of countries set up as follows

    <p:selectOneMenu id="countryMenu" value="#{myBean.selectedCountry}">
        <f:selectItem value="#{null}" itemLabel="Please select a Country..."/>
        <f:selectItems value="#{myBean.countries}" var="country" 
                       itemValue="#{country.code}" 
                       itemLabel="#{country.name}"/>
        <p:ajax update="anotherComponent"/>
    </p:selectOneMenu>

and I select a country from the list, then click on the menu again it displays the list of countries from the beginning. It does retain the selected country – it just doesn’t scroll down and focus on it.

The standard JSF h:selectOneMenu displays the expected behaviour – it opens with the previously selected country visible.

Is there some trick to this or is this a bug?

It also has a number of other quirks with how it responds to keyboard input (pressing up/down when the menu has focus doesn’t open the menu, for example), which is a little frustrating.

I’m using:

  • Primefaces 3.1
  • Glassfish 3.1.1
  • NetBeans 7.1
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  1. Editorial Team

    Ok, this appears to have been fixed!

    I ran some tests with various versions of Primefaces with the following results:

    • 3.1 – didn’t work

    • 3.2 – didn’t work

    • 3.3 – didn’t work (previously selected value flickers briefly, then the first menu item is displayed)

    • 3.4 – works as expected

    Note: I did need to clear my browser cache (in Chrome and Firefox) when upgrading from 3.3 to 3.4 (the items weren’t selectable at all until I did this).

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