This is a somewhat complex requirement in that the selectInputDate component is comprised of two components itself, the inputText and the button. It's complex/difficult to manage the state to know when a user leaves the inputText that he's just going to the button, so maybe don't enforce the required attribute for that, but if he is going to another element on the page then do enforce it.

The simplest thing is probably to have the required attribute enforced all the time, so if the user just tabs through the inputText on their way to the button, the required test will fail and the msg associated with it will be displayed. This might be acceptable, if a little annoying if you're just trying to use the popup to enter the value and it's already complaining / warning that you need to enter the value.

Now, with required="true", if you clear the text field and TAB out of it, or press ENTER, it will fail validation. Also, if you do a full form submit, it will now fail validation. But, clicking on the button to popup or hide the calendar, or changing the month or year with the arrow buttons or the menus, will not cause validation to occur.

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Subversion 17151
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Subversion 17152
icefaces\component\src\com\icesoft\faces\component\selectinputdate\SelectInputDate.java
icefaces\component\src\com\icesoft\faces\component\selectinputdate\SelectInputDateRenderer.java
icefaces\component\src\com\icesoft\faces\component\util\CustomComponentUtils.java

ICEfaces 1.7.1 branch
Subversion 17170
icefaces\component\src\com\icesoft\faces\component\selectinputdate\SelectInputDate.java
icefaces\component\src\com\icesoft\faces\component\selectinputdate\SelectInputDateRenderer.java
icefaces\component\src\com\icesoft\faces\component\util\CustomComponentUtils.java

Fixed the

issue. It was fallout from changing some of the ids, necessary for making required work properly.

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Subversion 17182
ICEfaces 1.7 branch
Subversion 17184
ICEfaces 1.7.1 branch
Subversion 17183
icefaces\component\src\com\icesoft\faces\component\selectinputdate\SelectInputDateRenderer.java

Made required apply to the non-popup calendar. Since it doesn't have a text input field always being submitted, I gave it a hidden input field.

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Subversion 17187
ICEfaces 1.7 branch
Subversion 17188
ICEfaces 1.7.1 branch
Subversion 17189
icefaces\component\src\com\icesoft\faces\component\selectinputdate\SelectInputDateRenderer.java

required="true" isn't honoured when the popup is open. When a page is loaded, if the popup is opened, then a submit occurs, it will just submit null without complaint.

Created new JIRA (ICE-4827) for this follow-on issue.