extendeddatatable stuck in splashscreen when rendered

[freemarket]

Using RF 3.3.2.SR1, I am rendering an extendeddatatable:

                <rich:extendedDataTable id="gciInfoFragment" value="#{GCIs.widgetsDataModel}" var="g" width="350px" height="200px"
                    selectionMode="#{GCIs.selectionMode}" selection="#{GCIs.selection}" >
                    <rich:column>
                        <f:facet name="header">
                            <h:outputText value="Name"/>
                        </f:facet>
                        <h:outputText value="#{g.institutionName}"/>
                    </rich:column>
                    <rich:column>
                        <f:facet name="header">
                            <h:outputText value="State"/>
                        </f:facet>
                        <h:outputText value="#{g.primaryBranch.state}"/>
                    </rich:column>                               
                    <a4j:support reRender="gciInfoFragment"  action="#{GCIs.takeSelection}" event="onselectionchange" />                       
                </rich:extendedDataTable>

and notice that the following styleclass is set using FireBug:

.extdt-ss-vsbl {

background-image:url(/swf-rf-poc/spring/a4j/g/3_3_2.SR1org/richfaces/renderkit/html/images/loading.gif);

border-bottom:1px solid #B6AD84;

border-right:1px solid #B6AD84;

}

with a little research, I've found this article:

http://community.jboss.org/wiki/RichFacesDataIterationComponentsDataTables

which talks about this:

should be done via client side API                  

• $('tableId').showSplash();

• $('tableId').hideSplash();

which almost matches the actual code in the ExtendedDataTable.js:

        showSplashScreen: function(){
        /**
            Opera 95 is not drawing additional
            element, and so I am commenting this out.
        if (ClientUILib.isOpera) {
            this.mainDiv.setStyle({display:'none'});
        }
        */
        //this.table.setStyle({visibility:'hidden'});
        var splshscr = this.splashScreen;
        splshscr.className = 'extdt-ss-vsbl';
        },

        hideSplashScreen: function(){
        /**
            Opera 95 is not drawing additional
            element, and so I am commenting this out.
        if (ClientUILib.isOpera) {
            this.mainDiv.setStyle({display:''});
        }

So when do I have to use the hideSplashScreen() to disable the splash? It seems to require the model to fire on render before any input is given to create a new model.

Thanks,

Henry

[ilya_shaikovsky]

I'm sorry, seems not marked properly the pages like http://community.jboss.org/wiki/RichFacesDataIterationComponentsDataTables with the information that it's requireements pages for 4.x migration. It's should not be used to check with 3.3.x

And about your problem

1) could  you please check if this will works with 3.3.3CR1

if not:

1) inform us if there are any client side errors or exceptions in log?

2) does this problem appears after some ajax request or just on initial page rendering?

[freemarket]

Ilya, thanks for suggestions. The short answer is that 3.3.3.CR1 did not  unstick the spashscreen. This is problematic for the a4j:log on that facelet was unable to render its content while it did so when it was wrapped within the context of a rich:panel. I'm going to adopt another approach altogether which will render this moot.

[ilya_shaikovsky]

If will not be able to solve - share war file.