adapting it to work with the maskedEntry: (and autocompleteEntry and dateTimeEntry)

renderer:

First attempt at moving some utility methods to super InputRenderer class. See them working in MaskedEntry: screenshot-14.png. Note that in-field label is not applicable because the input field has all kinds of masks, placeholders, formatting, key listeners, etc. controlled by the component plugin JS.

component:

Should move common attributes to some common super meta class. But how? (Adding directly to HtmlInputTextMeta or adding an intermediate meta class didn't work.) Also, DateTimeEntry doesn't inherit from HtmlInputText, so has to repeat the attributes? (No multiple inheritance.)

Additional attributes copied and pasted to component meta classes for MaskedEntry, AutoCompleteEntry and DateTimeEntry. DateTimeEntry requires extra label property because it doesn't inherit from HtmlInputText.

Label/indicator (except in-field position and related JS handling) and optional/required/invalid states done for MaskedEntry, AutoCompleteEntry and DateTimeEntry, using refactored utility methods.

autoTab implemented with some limitations (see below) using keypress event.

ice.ace.util.findNextTabElement() function created from code at link suggested previously: http://stackoverflow.com/a/7329696.

Can't use keyup event because key combinations like Ctrl-A generate separate key events, but somehow the event.ctrlKey flag is not set for the "A" character event, making it indistinguishable from the non-modified "A" character event.

In keypress event, character isn't inserted until after listener. Therefore the submit (triggered by current element blur, which in turn is triggered by the next element focus) will always have one character missing.

To overcome this, we have to intercept the character and insert it manually before the next element focusing. However, this creates other even more complicated problems. If we assume that the cursor is always at the end, we can just append the character. But what if the cursor is not at the end?

Another related limitation: can't type to replace highlighted text. To solve this we need to resort to messy browser-specific text selection API?

General limitation: likely works in common cases only. Impossible for it to work with all browsers, all keyboards, all input methods, ... That will be the job of the textinput event in DOM 3. (Hopefully.) See David Flanagan, "JavaScript: The Definitive Guide" 6th ed., sections 17.8, 17.9.

New JIRA for labels and indicators: ICE-8154. Relevant check-in's are at revisions: 29001, 29035, 29138, 29141.

Separate JIRA for required and invalid states: ICE-7868. Relevant check-in at revision: 29145.

Moved findNextTabElement() to core.js to avoid having to load ace-yui.js.

Modified: C:\svn\ossrepo\icefaces3\trunk\icefaces\ace\component\resources\icefaces.ace\core\core.js
Modified: C:\svn\ossrepo\icefaces3\trunk\icefaces\ace\component\resources\icefaces.ace\textentry\textentry.js
Modified: C:\svn\ossrepo\icefaces3\trunk\icefaces\ace\component\resources\icefaces.ace\util\util.js
Completed: At revision: 29226