DefaultCommand controls which command to initiate form submit with when enter key is pressed. Multiple defaultCommand in same form is supported with scope option. Within a Textarea the defaultCommand is not active.
<div class="card">
<h:form id="form">
<p:growl>
<p:autoUpdate/>
</p:growl>
<p:panel header="Panel 1" id="panel1" styleClass="mb-5">
<h:panelGrid columns="2" cellpadding="7">
<h:outputLabel for="name" value="Name"/>
<p:inputText id="name" value="#{defaultCommandView.text}"/>
<h:outputLabel for="textarea" value="Textarea"/>
<p:inputTextarea id="textarea" value="#{defaultCommandView.text2}"/>
</h:panelGrid>
</p:panel>
<p:panel header="Panel 2" id="panel2" styleClass="mb-5">
<h:panelGrid columns="2" cellpadding="7">
<h:outputLabel for="otherInput" value="Other input"/>
<p:inputText id="otherInput"/>
</h:panelGrid>
</p:panel>
<p:commandButton value="Button1" id="btn1" action="#{defaultCommandView.btn1Submit}" styleClass="mr-2" />
<p:commandButton value="Button2" id="btn2" action="#{defaultCommandView.btn2Submit}"/>
<p:defaultCommand target="btn1" scope="panel1"/>
<p:defaultCommand target="btn2" scope="panel2"/>
</h:form>
</div>
@Named
@RequestScoped
public class DefaultCommandView {
private String text;
private String text2;
private String btn = "btn1";
private List<String> buttons;
@PostConstruct
public void init() {
buttons = new ArrayList<>();
buttons.add("btn1");
buttons.add("btn2");
buttons.add("btn3");
}
public String getBtn() {
return btn;
}
public void setBtn(String btn) {
this.btn = btn;
}
public List<String> getButtons() {
return buttons;
}
public void setButtons(List<String> buttons) {
this.buttons = buttons;
}
public String getText() {
return text;
}
public void setText(String text) {
this.text = text;
}
public String getText2() {
return text2;
}
public void setText2(String text2) {
this.text2 = text2;
}
public void addMessage(String btn) {
FacesContext.getCurrentInstance().addMessage(null, new FacesMessage("Submitted with " + btn));
}
public void btn1Submit() {
addMessage("btn1");
}
public void btn2Submit() {
addMessage("btn2");
}
public void btn3Submit() {
addMessage("btn3");
}
}