Practical RichFaces

Contents at a Glance

Contents

About the Author

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Who Should Read This Book

Introduction

What Is JSF?

JSF, Ajax, and RichFaces

Ajax4jsf and RichFaces

RichFaces

JBoss Seam

JSF 2.0

Summary

Quick Start with JBoss RichFaces

Setting Up Your Development Environment

Configuring RichFaces

Creating Your First RichFaces Application

Summary

RichFaces Basic Concepts

Sending an Ajax Request

Performing a Partial- Page Update

Knowing What Data to Process

Summary

More a4j: Tags, Concepts, and Features

Controlling Traffic with Queues

JavaScript Interactions

Performance Considerations

Validating User Input

Using < a4j: actionparam>

Using < a4j: repeat>

Using < a4j: status>

Using < a4j: include> and < a4j: keepAlive>

Using < a4j: jsFunction>

Using < a4j: ajaxListener>

Summary

Input Components

Using < rich: inplaceInput>

Using < rich: inplaceSelect>

Using < rich: suggestionbox>

Using < rich: comboBox>

Using < rich: inputNumberSlider>

Using < rich: inputNumberSpinner>

Using < rich: calendar>

Summary

Output Components

Using < rich: panel>

Using < rich: simpleTogglePanel>

Using < rich: tabPanel> and < rich: tab>

Using < rich: panelBar>

Using < rich: panelMenu>

Using < rich: togglePanel>

Using < rich: toolBar>

Using < rich: separator>

Using < rich: spacer>

Using < rich: modalPanel>

Using < rich: toolTip>

Summary

Data Iteration Components

Using < rich: dataTable>

Using < rich: dataDefinitionList>

Using < rich: dataOrderedList>

Using < rich: dataList>

Using < rich: dataGrid>

Adding Pagination

Using JavaScript Events

Performing Partial- Component Data Updates

Creating Column and Row Spans

Summary

Selection Components

Using < rich: pickList>

Using < rich: orderingList>

Using < rich: listShuttle>

Summary

Menu Components

Using < rich: dropDownMenu>

Using < rich: contextMenu>

Summary

Scrollable Data Table and Tree

Using < rich: scrollableDataTable>

Using < rich: tree>

Summary

Skins

Using Built- in Skins

Creating Your Own Skins

Using Skinnability and CSS

Using Skins with Nonskinnable Sections of Components

Summary

Index