defaultvalue in inputText overwritten when disabled?

1
votes

I don't know if this is a feature or a bug: In an inputText control, bound to an item of a notes document, the value is overwritten each time the xpage is reopened and saved by the defaultvalue when the inputText control is flagged as disabled: 

                        <xp:inputText
                            value="#{fback.EmployeeIDCreator}" id="EmployeeIDCreator1"
                            defaultValue="#{javascript:sessionScope.meUser.EmployeeID}"
                            style="width:94px" disabled="true" />

I expected the same behaviour as in "normal" (=enabled) items:

  • defaultValue assigned when document/xpage is new and the item is created,

  • field value when xpage is reopened and reedited.

Is this the "wished" behaviour?

thx in advance, Uwe

3
xpages
is fback standard document data source, or your bean? isn't there another script overwriting the value? – Frantisek Kossuth
fback is a standard document data source. I don't find any script which overwrites the value. The effect only occurs when disabled="true". sessionScope.meUser.EmployeeID is the employeeID of the current user, and this value is set in the EmployeeIDCreator item each time another user saves the xpage. – Uwe J.
what version of Domino you use? – Frantisek Kossuth
we use version 9.0.1. – Uwe J.

3 Answers

2
votes

We'd run into this problem with fields that were marked 'readonly' as well. Set the style on the inputText to "display:none;" and have a separate control that displays the value. That way, your default value is saved in the field, but the user cannot edit it.

2
votes

Looks to be a bug. Reproducible on R9.0.1: disabled state of edit field resets its binded value to default value on save.

0
votes

We have a ticket open with HCL for this in 11.0.1 - CS0306235 The initial HCL response was "working as expected" Subsequently someone in HCL raised this "Aha!" ticket because they disagreed - go vote for the "idea" - https://domino-ideas.hcltechsw.com/ideas/DDXP-I-980

In our case the workaround is to include .isNewNote() in an if statement as a condition of the default value.

<xp:this.defaultValue><![CDATA[#{javascript:if (document1.isNewNote()){
    var addQText = getDbSettingsValueBlk('Configurable Additional Questions Text') ;
    if (addQText==''){
        // do nothing
    }else {
        return addQText;
    }
}}]]></xp:this.defaultValue>