multiple components in <rich:page> facets

[jgreene]

Hello -

I'm using Richfaces 3.3.2.GA, and am trying to apply the new semantic layout components on a test page.  The problem i'm having is that it looks like I cannot have multiple components in a facet.  If I have a list of components, say, a list of 2 or 3 ui:include pages, the only one that gets included is the last one in the list.  I test this using multiple simple components like h:outputText or something like that, and this behavior seems to be very repeatable for me.

Is this a known problem (or feature :-) )?  Or maybe I am just doing something careless or wrong.

Maybe I just haven't run across the relevant part of the docs about this, although I have looked thru the Richfaces docs pretty well.

Thank you for any help.

- Joe

[sage.sam]

When I started working with JSF/Seam (which wasn't alll that long ago!) I  had the same question.

Here's what I've learned:

Facets are intended to be a very simple applique (if you will) to an existing component.  They are an optional feature of that component.  The facet will add its singular child to the parent.  So, to answer your question, it's not really a bug or a feature -- it's  just the intended use of this particular tag.

To go beyond this, you can use a ui:insert tag along with some basic ui:includes and templates.

[nbelaevski]

Hi Joe,

In JSF facet can contain only one component. Use h:panelGroup as workaround.

[jgreene]

Thanks, David - Glad to know I didn't miss something simple.  - Joe

[jgreene]

Nick - Thank you for the reply.  I will definitely try the panelGroup.  - Joe