Nested Forms

This page should serve as a "specification" (aka nominal state, not the current state) on nested form handling.
Please review the various situations and correct any mistakes or add new situations if necessary.
Thanks, Gerolf

Markup

<form wicket:id="outer">
  <form wicket:id="middle">
    <form wicket:id="inner">
    </form>
  </form>
</form>

Legend

form...enabled
form...disabled

form...submitted form with no errors
form...form with errors

E...onError called
S...onSubmit called
_...nothing called

Unknown macro: {div}

all forms enabled
outer form submitted

Outer	Middle	Inner
S	S	S

Unknown macro: {div}

all forms enabled
middle form submitted

Outer	Middle	Inner
_	S	S

Unknown macro: {div}

all forms enabled
inner form submitted

Outer	Middle	Inner
_	_	S

Unknown macro: {div}

middle form disabled
outer form submitted

Outer	Middle	Inner
S	_	_

Unknown macro: {div}

inner form disabled
outer form submitted

Outer	Middle	Inner
S	S	_

Unknown macro: {div}

outer form disabled
outer form submitted

Outer	Middle	Inner
_	_	_

Unknown macro: {div}

all forms enabled
middle form has error
outer form submitted

Outer	Middle	Inner
E	E	S

Unknown macro: {div}

all forms enabled
middle form has errors
middle form submitted

Outer	*Middle*	Inner
_	E	S

Unknown macro: {div}

all forms enabled
inner form has errors
middle form submitted

Outer	Middle	Inner
_	E	E

Unknown macro: {div}

middle form disabled
outer form has errors
outer form submitted

*Outer*	Middle	Inner
E	_	_

Unknown macro: {div}

all forms enabled
inner form has errors
outer form submitted

Outer	Middle	Inner
E	E	E

Child pages

Nested Forms