Extending TabPanel to add lazy loading attribute.

[apashkev]

Hello!

I need to modify TabPanel component, to add a custom attribute, for example <rich:tabPanel id="customPanel" lazy="true | false" ... and to be able to decide if the tab content should be reloaded from the server basing on the value of that property.

Just to clarify: if the property is set to false, the tab content should be loaded only once.

Thanks in advance!

[apashkev]

I've got an idea... but I am not sure if it is possible to implement.

What if I change the tab swtichtype to "client" at the moment it gets encoded?

Is it possible to change switchType attribute at runtime?

Any suggestions are highly appreciated.

[apashkev]

In order to make the tabs encoded only once I have done the following:

I have changed the TabPanelRenderer in a way that it sets switchType="client" for each tab that gets encoded for the first time (so all the next times it is clicked - event is handled on the client).

It works fine, except one thing, when the tab with switchType="ajax" (the one that hasn't been clicked before) is clicked - all the other tabs (even those with switchType="client" are encoded).

Is it possible to prevent tabs with switchType="client" from being encoded, in other words to make them hold the state on the client, when tab with switchType ajax is clicked?