Hi I am using rich:dataTable bound to a list of beans. I have a column value where I have a choice between it being negative or positive number. If it is negative I want (RED TEXT) and if its positive just render as usual. I have tired several different methods to get this choice working including wrapping the column itself in the c:when/c:otherwise, as shown here
<c:choose>
<c:when test="#{position.mtmNegative == true}">
<rich:column id="mtmCol"
style="text-align:right; color: red"
label="#{msg['PositionKeeper.MTM']}">
<f:facet name="header">
<h:outputText value="#{msg['PositionKeeper.MTM']}" style="font-weight:bold;"/>
</f:facet>
<h:outputText value="#{position.pnlSnap}"><f:convertNumber pattern="(###,###,###,##0.00)"/></h:outputText>
</rich:column>
</c:when>
<c:otherwise>
<rich:column id="mtmCol"
style="text-align:right;"
label="#{msg['PositionKeeper.MTM']}">
<f:facet name="header">
<h:outputText value="#{msg['PositionKeeper.MTM']}" style="font-weight:bold;"/>
</f:facet>
<h:outputText value="#{position.pnlSnap}"><f:convertNumber pattern="###,###,###,##0.00"/></h:outputText>
</rich:column>
</c:otherwise>
</c:choose>
I also tried the following -
<rich:column id="amountCol"
style="text-align:right;"
label="#{msg['PositionKeeper.AMOUNT']}">
<f:facet name="header">
<h:outputText value="#{msg['PositionKeeper.AMOUNT']}" style="font-weight:bold;"/>
</f:facet>
<c:choose>
<c:when test="#{position.amtNegative == true}">
<h:outputText value="#{position.ccySnap}" style="color: red"><f:convertNumber pattern="(###,###,###,##0.00)"/></h:outputText>
</c:when>
<c:otherwise>
<h:outputText value="#{position.ccySnap}"><f:convertNumber pattern="###,###,###,##0.00"/></h:outputText>
</c:otherwise>
</c:choose>
</rich:column>
neither of the above methods will work for me, can someone else propose another solution or tell me whats wrong with the way I am doing this?
