How can I know the id of a JSF component so I can use in Javascript

Question

Problem: Sometimes you will want to access a component from javascript with getElementById, but id\'s are generated dynamically in JSF, so you

Answer 1

You can view the HTML source when this is generated and see what the id is set to, so you can use that in your JavaScript. As it's in a form it is probably prepending the form id to it.