ValidateButton to test all entries in a repeatable

Question

• I need to check validate a number of fields in one operation with a validateButton,
• this has worked fine with multiple fields
• I've recently introduced a repeatable section, containing multiple checkboxes
• I'm easily able to address these by name in the save operation and get the true/false values
• when I try to pass the same to the validateButton with the 'with' nothing changes in the formData that gets sent (despite referencing the new repeatable stuff)
• I've tried adding a field declaration in the following places...
  • on the outer entry
  • on the repeatable itself
  • on the nested entry
  • on the checkbox itself

Thanks.

Answer 1

So turns out this isn't possible just using the the 'with' attribute of the f:validateButton, even when the repeated entry is bound to a field (either the repeatER or the repeatED component).

I was eventually able to implement this using the f:invisibleEntry and some javascript functions (called on the onclick of my repeated checkboxes) to update the contents of the invisible fields. One can then use the 'with' attribute of f:validateButton to send the value of this hidden field.