Page Navigation using PanelMenuItem - Can anyone please help

[aish]

Hi,

I am using panelmenuitem to define the menu list and navigate based on the menu selection. My navigation jsp page is coded as

=== pagemenu.jsp ===

<rich:panelMenu style="width:200px" mode="ajax"
iconExpandedGroup="disc" iconCollapsedGroup="disc"
iconExpandedTopGroup="chevronUp" iconGroupTopPosition="right"
iconCollapsedTopGroup="chevronDown"
selectedChild="#{UINavigation.activeItem}"
expandSingle="true">

<rich:panelMenuGroup label="Table Information" expanded="true"
immediate="true" ignoreDupResponses="true" name="tables">

<rich:panelMenuItem label="New Table" name="New"
action="#{UINavigation.doNew}">
</rich:panelMenuItem>
</rich:panelMenuGroup>

</rich:panelMenu>

===

The corresponding backing bean is given as:

public class UINavigation
{
private String tablename;
private String activeItem;

public void setActiveItem(String tmpActiveItem)
{
this.activeItem = tmpActiveItem;
}
public String getActiveItem()
{
return activeItem;
}

public String doNew()
{
activeItem="New";
return "New";
}
===
In faces-config.xml, the navigation case is defined as

<navigation-rule>
<navigation-case>
<from-outcome>New</from-outcome>
<to-view-id>/goNew.jsp</to-view-id>
</navigation-case>
</navigation-rule>

===

When I deploy this application and select the menu item, either
1. It takes a very long time to display the information for this menu item or it does not display at all sometimes.

2. Only, when I click the refresh button and then select the second menu item, then the information about the second item is displayed.

3. I do see a message on the window status "downloading org.ajax4jsf... etc every time I select an menu item.

I am learning JSF and richfaces now. I am not sure if the above method of implementing page navigation using panelmenuItem is correct or not..

If you could help me to make this menu work, would be greatly appreciated.

Please let me know your suggestions
Thanks
Aish

[ilya_shaikovsky]

what about your RF, JSF and browser version?

[aish]

Ilya,

Thanks for looking at my request.

The version details are -
RF - 3.1.3
browser - IE 6.0 SP2
Appserver - BeaWeblogic 92
JSF - 1.1

I am using RAD 7.0 for my development. I have selected the following
options in RAD
Base Faces Support - 7.0
JSTL - 1.1
Java 1.5
Dnamic Web Module - 2.4

Also, One thing I need to mention about my earlier note was that, I was trying it with Tiles.

Please let me know if you need and further information.

Thanks a lot
Aish

[ilya_shaikovsky]

It's more preffered to use facelets instead of tiles..

But this should not be the source of problem.. Give us some time we will check your configuration under web logic.

[ilya_shaikovsky]

B.t.w. we will test under RF 3.1.4 GA

[aish]

Thanks Ilya again. Is there a way I can contact you directly other than thru forum... regarding this navigation issue.

Thanks a lot for your continued support
Aish

[ilya_shaikovsky]

please wait while our QA will check your config. If you need you may use my exadel email (in profile)

[ayanul]

Hi, Aish.
with mode = "ajax" navigation will not work.
Try to set mode = 'server'
If that does not help, let us know

Thanks
Alex

[aish]

Hi Alex,

Thanks a lot for responding. I tried setting to it to mode="server" instead of mode="ajax. The page displays the javascript error type thing in the status bar and nothing is displayed. Am I missing any other option that should be set along with this.

Thanks
Aish

[ayanul]

I've created JIRA bug: http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/RF-2306

[ayanul]

It is temporarily possible to correct so:
<rich:panelMenuItem label="New Table" name="New"
action="#{UINavigation.doNew}" onclick="submit();">

[ayanul]

It is temporarily possible to correct so:

<rich:panelMenuItem label="New Table" name="New"
action="#{UINavigation.doNew}" onclick="submit();">

Thanks
Alex