Mircea Toma added a comment - 23/Mar/15 4:36 PM - edited Now that I got the test case the solution is obvious. The function that needs to be used in onclick callback should be ice.setFocus instead of ice.applyFocus . This ensures that ice.focus parameter will be changed before the submit is issued ( ice.applyFocus runs with a delay). Setting the focus this way will enable focus retention to send back <eval>ice.applyFocus('...')</eval> command to maintain focus on the element with the ID specified in ice.focus parameter. This is a strategy that many of our components and demo apps are using. The test code just needs to be changed like this: <h:form id= "iceForm" > <icecore:focusManager for = "inputOne" > <h:panelGrid columns= "2" > <ice:outputText value= "Input One:" /> <ice:inputText id= "inputOne" value= "#{testBean.inputOne}" /> <ice:outputText value= "Input Two:" /> <ice:inputText id= "inputTwo" value= "#{testBean.inputTwo}" /> <ice:outputText value= "Input Three:" /> <ice:inputText id= "inputThree" value= "#{testBean.inputThree}" /> <ice:outputText value= "Input Four:" /> <ice:inputText id= "inputFour" value= "#{testBean.inputFour}" /> <ice:commandButton id= "clearBtn" value= "Clear" actionListener= "#{testBean.clear}" onclick= "ice.setFocus('inputOne');" /> </h:panelGrid> </icecore:focusManager> </h:form>

Arran Mccullough added a comment - 04/Mar/15 11:01 AM Attached test case that shows the issue with the Compat components. I can provide the test case for the JSF components if needed. Note: the icefaces, ace, and compat jars need to be added into the war lib directory to run. Steps: Load welcomeICEfaces.jsf Enter in some text into the first field. Click the Clear button, focus should be set to the first input field.

Arran Mccullough added a comment - 04/Mar/15 10:59 AM I've tested this with ICEfaces 4.x as well using the standard JSF components. The same issue is seen here where focus is lost once the update is applied. I also tested with the <icecore:focusManager/> tag. This didn't change the behavior when having it set for the ID of the first input field: <icecore:focusManager for="inputOne">. With the Showcase demo of this component I can see similar behavior: Set focus for the A component. Enter in text for the required fields. Click Submit, focus is not set to the A field. Should focus be set as this is what is used in the for attribute?