This is also applicable to <icecore:singleSubmit submitOnBlur="true"/> case. As it fire itself on change in Chrome and IE despite its submitOnBlur parameter value.

I made the following analysis of how the ice:selectOneMenu element behaves in different browsers when partialSubmit=true in order to make a more thorough modification to make the component behave more uniformly across browsers ('yes' means that a request is sent to the server when performing that action).

In short, the only difference is that FF lets you select any option(s) you want and waits until you leave the field to fire the onchange event.

So, a new attribute, tentatively called 'partialSubmitOnBlur', would be added to ice:selectManyListbox, ice:selectManyMenu, ice:selectOneListbox, and ice:selectOneMenu. This attribute would control the behaviour of the <select> element, rendered by these components, and make it work in the same way across browsers.

The goal of the JIRA is to standardize behavior of the partial and single submits across different browsers by only firing submits on blur rather then on change. This in turn should prevent an undesirable change of states in UI due to the fast typing in any application. (lost of focus from the first drop down upon key "4" release)

Evgheni, we cannot retroactively change the default behavior of all browsers but FF as it will break backwards behavorial compatibility. To support what the customer wants we will need to create a new configuration that the can invoke that only submits onblur.

In this case an optional configuration parameter should work as well.

Committed improvement to trunk at revision 32904. Added 'partialSubmitOnBlur' attribute to ice:selectOneMenu, ice:selectManyMenu, ice:selectOneListbox, and ice:selectManyListbox.

The fix wasn't simple. It required to use combinations of onmouseup, onmousedown, onclick, onfocus, and onblur events to replicate the behaviour of the native onchange event. In the case of multiple selection components, it wasn't just a matter of checking the 'value' property, but it was necessary to go through all the 'option' elements to see which ware selected and which weren't, in order to determine if there was a change.

Confirmed the new attribute 'partialSubmitOnBlur' functions as it should with the following components: ice:selectOneMenu, ice:selectManyMenu, ice:selectOneListbox, and ice:selectManyListbox. Tested in FF17, IE9, and GoogleChrome23 on trunk revision# 32906.