When using converters with selectInputText, one starts typing something in the text box. Then, after a pause (1 second, I guess) whatever one has typed so far is sent to the server to be evaluated so that a popup list of possible matching values appears in the view. The problem is that whatever we have typed so far must be of the correct data type already, otherwise a conversion error is displayed. This doesn't represent a problem for numerical values, but it is a problem for date values. One has to type the date really fast to avoid getting a conversion error.

For example, when using the standard DateTime converter, if I just type 'Jan' and make a pause, I will get a conversion error, and whatever I typed will be deleted, and I won't get the popup list of possible matching values.

Something similar happens with the Boolean converter. If I take too long to type 'true' it will change the text to 'false'.

This is the code I'm using in the jspx document:

    ...
    <ice:selectInputText id="testSelInpTxt"
                   converter="#{selInpTxtConvBean.selectedConverter}"
                   value="#{selInpTxtConvBean.value}"
    >
        <f:selectItems value="#{selInpTxtConvBean.valueList}" />
    </ice:selectInputText>
    <ice:message for="testSelInpTxt"/>
    ...

The files can be found in the qa repo (qa/trunk/test/application/web/converter/selectinputtex.jspx)