Help on dataTable filtering

[raid3n]

Hello,

I have my datatable like this:

<h:form id="form">

                              <rich:dataScroller for="table" maxPages="5" />

                              <rich:dataTable value="#{listFormBean.listFormBean}" var="fb"

                                        id="table" rowClasses="odd-row, even-row" styleClass="stable"

                                        rows="25">

                                        <f:facet name="noData">

                Nothing found

                         </f:facet>

                                        <f:facet name="header">

                                                  <rich:columnGroup>

                                                            <rich:column colspan="3">

                                                                      <h:outputText value="Form List" />

                                                            </rich:column>

                                                            <rich:column breakRowBefore="true"

                                                                      filterValue="#{filterFormBean.nameFilter}"

                                                                      filterExpression="#{fn:containsIgnoreCase(fb1.name,filterFormBean.nameFilter)}">

                                                                      <h:panelGroup>

                                                                                <h:outputText value="Name " />

                                                                                <h:inputText value="#{filterFormBean.nameFilter}">

                                                                                          <a4j:ajax event="blur" render="form:table" execute="@this" />

                                                                                </h:inputText>

                                                                      </h:panelGroup>

                                                            </rich:column>

                                                            <rich:column sortBy="#{fb.description}">

                                                                      <h:outputText value="Description" />

                                                            </rich:column>

                                                            <rich:column>

                                                                      <h:outputText value="Version" />

                                                            </rich:column>

                                                  </rich:columnGroup>

                                        </f:facet>

                                        <rich:column>

                                                  <h:outputText value="#{fb.name}" />

                                        </rich:column>

                                        <rich:column>

                                                  <h:outputText value="#{fb.description}" />

                                        </rich:column>

                                        <rich:column>

                                                  <h:outputText value="#{fb.version}" />

                                        </rich:column>

                                        <f:facet name="footer">

                                                  <h:outputText

                                                            value="Total of Forms: #{fn:length(listFormBean.listFormBean)}" />

                                        </f:facet>

                              </rich:dataTable>

                              <rich:dataScroller for="table" maxPages="5" />

                    </h:form>

I would to filter the rich:column with #{fb.name} but its facet is into a rich:columngroup.

So I tryed this:

<rich:column breakRowBefore="true">

                                                                      <h:panelGroup>

                                                                                <h:outputText value="Name " />

                                                                                <h:inputText value="#{filterFormBean.nameFilter}">

                                                                                          <a4j:ajax event="blur" render="form:table" execute="@this" />

                                                                                </h:inputText>

                                                                      </h:panelGroup>

                                                            </rich:column>

....

<rich:column  id="something" filterValue="#{filterFormBean.nameFilter}"

                                                  filterExpression="#{fn:containsIgnoreCase(fb1.name,filterFormBean.nameFilter)}">

                                                  <h:outputText value="#{fb.name}" /></rich:column>

But It doesn't work, any suggestions?

[ilya_shaikovsky]

check the demo of extenal filtering.

add filterexpression to the reaal column you need to filter. but place the filtering input with support to the columngroup header.