Watermark

Watermark displays a hint about input fields by using native placeholder in modern browsers and a javascript based solution in legacy ones for browser compatibility. In case legacy browsers don't need to be supported, placeholder attribute of input components should be preferred.

Documentation

watermark.xhtml
WatermarkView.java

<h:form>
    <p:messages id="messages" showDetail="true"/>

    <h:panelGrid columns="3" cellpadding="5" style="margin-bottom:10px">
        <h:outputLabel value="Search: "/>
        <p:inputText id="keyword" value="#{watermarkView.keyword}" required="true" label="Keyword"/>
        <p:watermark for="keyword" value="Search with a keyword" id="watermark" />
    </h:panelGrid>

    <p:commandButton id="regular" action="#{watermarkView.search}" value="Regular" ajax="false" />
    <p:commandButton id="ajax" action="#{watermarkView.search}" value="Ajax"
                        onclick="PrimeFaces.cleanWatermarks();" oncomplete="PrimeFaces.showWatermarks();" update="messages" />
</h:form>

@Named
@RequestScoped
public class WatermarkView {
    
    private String keyword;

	public String getKeyword() {
		return keyword;
	}

	public void setKeyword(String keyword) {
		this.keyword = keyword;
	}
	
	public void search() {
		FacesContext.getCurrentInstance().addMessage(null, new FacesMessage(FacesMessage.SEVERITY_INFO,"No results found with ", "'" + keyword + "'"));
	}
}

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