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Asked: 2026-06-16T18:43:30+00:00

Using the defaultLabel attribute of the Rich Faces Calendar component correctly displays the reminder

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Using the defaultLabel attribute of the Rich Faces Calendar component correctly displays the reminder text for the date format like I would like it to. However, when this reminder text is on an optional field, then a conversion error occurs as if it was trying to convert the reminder text into a date.

<rich:calendar enableManualInput="true" value="#{participantSummaryManagedBean.dob}"
    id="dob" locale="US" popup="true" datePattern="MMddyyyy" defaultLabel="MMDDYYYY"
    showApplyButton="false" converterMessage="Use MMDDYYYY format">
</rich:calendar>

Confirmed in RichFaces versions 4.2.2.Final, 4.2.3.Final, and 4.3.0.20121024-M2

Is there a way to prevent or get around this?

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  1. Editorial Team

    This is a defect in Richfaces (https://issues.jboss.org/browse/RF-12594).
    However, from 4.3 on (specifically 4.3.0.20121214-M3 on), defaultLabel is deprecated and replaced by the tag rich:placeholder. For example:

    <rich:calendar value="#{bean.dob}" id="dob" popup="true" datePattern="MMddyyyy" converterMessage="Use MMDDYYYY format" enableManualInput="true">
  <rich:placeholder value="MMDDYYYY" />
</rich:calendar>
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