Neal, Please report back here about what you learn and how you make out. We are in the process of investigating this too.
sean On Apr 12, 2005 4:31 PM, Neal Haggard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mathias, > > That is a very ingenious way to manage that. I like it. We'll play > around with that and see how it works for us. Thanks for the idea. > > Neal > > -----Original Message----- > From: Broekelmann, Mathias [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 9:55 AM > To: MyFaces Development > Subject: RE: Proposed improvement to x:dataTable > > Hi Neal, > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Neal Haggard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 3:20 PM > > To: MyFaces Development > > Subject: RE: Proposed improvement to x:dataTable > > > > > > Mathias, > > > > While your x:columns is very nice, it does not answer Sean's > > request to have something where the columns can be independently > > formatted. All of your columns in x:columns must have the same > > output, so we can't have one column that provides a link to an outside > > source, or is otherwise dynamically rendered. > > You can put everything into a columns component. I use the rendered flag to > switch the components defined in the jsp on or off. So everything is defined > in the columns component (through includes of other jsps). > > > > > We also evaluated using x:columns and are on the road to writing > > our own custom table & column components to meet our user > > requirements. Our users are wanting to be able to dynamically > > re-order the columns in the table, and pick and choose which ones to > > show. We're currently planning on implementing this by having the JSP > > define all the possible columns, and specify on the column what index > > the columns should have (to specify column ordering, to be sorted & > > handled by our DataTable). We're also adding a rendered attribute to > > the column, to allow columns to be shown/hidden as needed. > > Our users do the same with the columns component. They choose the columns > they want and the content is rendered in depend of the data which contains > the column. How the content is rendered is defined through one of the nested > panelgroups inside the columns component. > > > > > If anyone has any ideas of how we can meet our user requirements > > with some available component out there, we'd love to hear about it. > > > > Here is an example how we use the columns component: > > Content of overview.jsp which shows the datatable > > <x:dataTable rowClasses="data,data2" preserveDataModel="false" > styleClass="data" border="0" frame="box" > value="#{overview.resourcesModel}" var="line" > > <h:column rendered="#{overview.modifiable}"> > <f:facet name="header"> > <h:commandLink styleClass="hauptnav" > action="#{overview.create}"> > <h:graphicImage border="0" title="Erstellen" > value="/public/images/admin/erstellen.gif" alt="Erstellen" > /> > </h:commandLink> > </f:facet> > <h:commandLink styleClass="hauptnav" > action="#{overview.modify}"> > <h:graphicImage border="0" title="Bearbeiten" > > value="/public/images/admin/bearbeiten.gif" alt="Bearbeiten" /> > </h:commandLink> > </h:column> > <x:columns value="#{overview.attributes}" var="attr"> > <f:facet name="header"> > <h:outputText value="#{attr.label}" /> > </f:facet> > > <!-- we use panelGroup to switch the rendering of > different content --> > > <h:panelGroup rendered="#{attr.booleanType && attr.value != > null}"> > > <!-- show a boolean value through graphic images --> > > <h:graphicImage > url="/public/images/admin/activeCheckBox.gif" > rendered="#{attr.value}" /> > <h:graphicImage > url="/public/images/admin/inactiveCheckBox.gif" > rendered="#{!attr.value}" /> > </h:panelGroup> > <h:panelGroup rendered="#{!attr.booleanType}"> > > <!-- show other values through normal outputText --> > > <h:outputText value="#{attr.value}" /> > </h:panelGroup> > > </x:columns> > <h:column rendered="false"> > <f:facet name="header"> > <h:commandLink value="..." > action="#{overview.selectAttributes}" /> > </f:facet> > </h:column> > </p:dataTable> >
