New items in ComboBox without enter key

Vaadin 6 / 7 / 8
1

As of now if a
ComboBox
 is set to allow new items (and immediate) you still have to press the enter or tab key in order for the new item being added. A lot of our customers are complaining because they cannot add new items. Most of them find out eventually but cause a support request first because they think something is broken. I guess they enter something and click into the next form field with the mouse. Unfortunately this removes the previously entered text without adding it as a new item.

I can replicate this issue with the most recent version as of writing (7.5.8) with reindeer and valo. Code for the
ComboBox
 is

ComboBox cb = new ComboBox("blargh");
cb.setNewItemsAllowed(true);
cb.setImmediate(true);
cb.addItem("foo");
cb.addItem("bar");

Is there any way to add it on lost focus regardless of whether the enter key has been pressed?

2

add
setTextInputAllowed(true);

this will also enter it with tab

3

Hi,
it’s a known issue, this behaviour is intentional, but the situation is not final, you can track progress here:
https://dev.vaadin.com/ticket/18366

In the meantime, you could try to use an addon which tackles this problem:
https://vaadin.com/directory#!addon/legacycombobox

Best regards,
Sergey.

4

Hi Sergey, thanks for the heads-up. I really hope they fix it.