rich:select

Ok, doing the a4j:ajax event="selectitem" ... below's oncomplete logic:

<ui:decorate id="decorTrainingEditTrainingType" template="/layout/edit.xhtml">
    <ui:define name="label"><h:outputLabel value="#{messages.getString('infoPersonTrainingEdit.label.trainingType')}" for="modalTrainingEditTrainingType"/></ui:define>
    <ui:define name="field">
        <rich:select id="modalTrainingEditTrainingType" value="#{infoPersonTrainingEdit.selectedTrainingType}" 
            listWidth="250px" style="width:250px;" valueChangeListener="#{infoPersonTrainingEdit.refreshClassList}"
        >
            <f:converter converterId="codeTrainingTypeConverter" 
                binding="#{infoPersonTrainingEdit.codeTrainingTypeConverter}" />
            <f:selectItems value="#{infoPersonTrainingEdit.codeTrainingTypeList}"
                var="entity" itemValue="#{entity}" 
                itemDisabled="#{entity.inactive}" 
                itemLabel="#{entity.descriptionForList}" />
            <a4j:ajax event="selectitem" execute="@this" 
                oncomplete="#{rich:component('modalTrainingEditTrainingClass')}.focus();#{rich:component('modalTrainingEditTrainingClass')}.showPopup();"
                render="decorTrainingEditTrainingClass,modalTrainingEditTrainingClass" />
        </rich:select>
    </ui:define>
    <ui:param name="required" value="true" />
    <ui:param name="fieldName" value="modalTrainingEditTrainingType" />
    <ui:param name="msgFieldName" value="msgModalTrainingEditTrainingType" />
</ui:decorate>    

Appears to make the pop-up appear when there is classes in the list - but only for a second. Unless, there is only ONE item in the list, in which case it stays open.

Any ideas?

That I wouldn't know where to start at, unfortunately. My JS knowledge is near to nil. From what I can see on the screen though, if it is a blur, it is a result of the global a4j:status appearing and taking the focus.

Any suggestions on how to suppress a global status for a control? I tried an empty value:

<a4j:ajax event="selectitem" execute="@this" render="decorTrainingClass,searchTrainingClass" status="" />

which is within the rich:select in question, but it still looses the focus for a second thanks to the status.

But to the initial request - I have it changing the focus from the class type to the class DDL and opening the popup.