Quick question on SelctOneMenu component

[Luke Murphy]

Hi,
I am using a SelectOneMenu component, and I bind the selected value to a backing bean as such:

<h:selectOneMenu id="componentselection" value="#{components.choice}">
<f:selectItem itemValue="One" itemLabel="One"/>
<f:selectItem itemValue="Two" itemLabel="Two"/>
<f:selectItem itemValue="Three" itemLabel="Three"/>
</h:selectOneMenu>

I have a submit button adjacent to this which when pressed will call the getChoice() method and update the value of the choice.

However, I'd like to send the selection without needing a submit button.

How do I this? Use a valueChangeListener?

Is there any speedier way :-)

Thanks

[Wouter Oet]

You can use onchange="this.form.submit();"

[Tim Holloway]

It's friendly to allow auto-submit like this as long as no confusion results. However, it's also good practice to include a Submit button next to the menu in case the user switched off JavaScript.