Java EE, Testing, Fast Turnaround
In RichFaces 4.3 we build upon a great work from Bernard Labno who prototyped the <rich:placeholder /> component and shared it in the RichFaces Sandbox. This component gives you an ability similar to the HTML5’s placeholder – it pre-fills form inputs with text, which serves as a hint for users of what data is a particular input expects...
The <rich:focus /> component allows you to focus on a form input once the user requests the JSF page update (either via a full-page load or an AJAX partial update). The <rich:focus /> component will make sure that the focused component is the best choice for the user based on following criteria: validation results tabindex settings position in the page which component was selected prior to the request Contributed by Community The <rich:focus /> is another sample of a RichFaces Community contribution – the component was initially proposed and implemented by Bernard Labno and he contributed it to the RichFaces Sandbox...
I have blogged about RichFaces Editor component recently which has been available since RichFaces 4.1.0.Milestone1. In scope of Milestone2, Editor has been improved with several pretty new and cool features:@lang – support for localization@config – fine-grained configuration@ondirty – event handler for live changes in editor’s content@skin – switches between CKEditor skinscreated new skin ‘richfaces’resource optimization (editor does not load any unnecessary resources) Skinnability rich:editor now bundles ‘richfaces’ skin for CKEditor, which makes it’s appearance close to other components from RichFaces suite, including all of controls and popups...
You have been requesting and we now answer: RichFaces gets pretty new Editor component, which was lacking from 4.0.0.Final release. This component can be found in upcoming 4.1.0.Milestone1 release and is mostly feature complete with exception of skinning which will fit to rest of component suite – this functionality is targeted for Milestone 2...
