what link component to use to display modalPanel from dataTable in form?

[asookazian]

I need to display a rich:modalPanel from a foo link in a dataTable column.  I don't want to submit the form.  What is the correct way to do this in JSF/Seam/RF?

I was thinking I just need to call Richfaces.showModalPanel('fooModalPanel');  No form submission, no action method, very simple.

Can I use <s:link> to do this? If yes, how?

[niox.nikospara.yahoo.com]

The way I have done this is with a simple HTML anchor element:

<rich:dataTable ...>
...
<h:column>
<a href="#"
  onclick="
    delItem('#{item.name}',#{item.id});
    #{rich:component('deleteDialog')}.show();
    return false
  ">
</h:column>
...
</rich:dataTable>

(The delItem() JS function is irrelevant; it is used to customize the modalPanel, without roundtrips to the server.)

The modalPanel itself is declared as follows, in the same NamingContainer as the previous script:

<rich:modalPanel id="deleteConfDialog">
...
</rich:modalPanel>

I believe using Richfaces.showModalPanel('fooModalPanel') in the <a onclick="..."> would have the same effect, as long as fooModalPanel is the client id of the modalPanel.