Details in modal dialog

[marx3]

Hello
I've seen in demo modal dialog and I would like to use it to show details of choosen row from table.
So I need to place some command link (or other link button etc) on table row and after clickinkg it it have to pass choosen element to action on server (reading details from database) and then popup modal dialog with those details.
The problem's are:
-I can't use object in a:commandlink (ok, I can use id of object)
-I don't know how to call javascript from action (onClick and action goes concurrently)
I've tried to use a:region etc but I don't know how to call javascript showing modal dialog from "rerender" action.
I've also looked at "onLoad" action to paste javascript there, but there is nothing like this in JSF. Any help?

[mail.micke]

Hi

1. By using seam you'll be able to use an object with a4j:commandLink. Otherwise you can use a4j:actionparam to pass an id in.

2. Use "oncomplete" to display the modalPanel after its content (important you rerender the content and not he modalPanel, unless this has been fixed in 3.1.3) has been updated.

Hope this helps,
mike

[marx3]

oComplete seems ok, but doesn't work :(

<a4j:commandLink action="#{readDetailsMan.get(x)}" oncomplete="alert(1);Richfaces.showModalPanel('showDet',{width:450, top:200})">

Alert doesn't popup, and of course modal panel doesn't work too. I use the newest RF 3.1.3GA, Seam 2.0

[marx3]

ok it works, I had another modal dialog "please wait" while ajax action is running, and both can't work at once

Thank you

[mail.micke]

Great.

Just created a cookbook page on how to do this for others :
http://labs.jboss.com/wiki/en//RichFacesCookbook/DetailModalPanelFromTable

The code in there is untested, but should work and gives an idea of how to do this.

Should have updated this thread earlier :)

Cheers,
Mike