Cannot get the contextMenu to show

[sivainvi]

Hi, I'm using RichFaces 4.2.3.Final and have a problem showing a contextMenu for an rich:extendedDataTable

I have the following xhtml:

...
<h:form>
          <rich:tabPanel id="tabsCods" itemChangeListener="#{bBean.selectTabListener}">
                    <rich:tab id="tabCods" header="Cods">
                              <rich:extendedDataTable id="tableCods" selectionMode="single" 
                                        selection="#{bBean.codSelected}"
                                        style="width: 100%; height: 100px" 
                                        value="#{bBean.cods}" var="cod">
                                        <a4j:ajax event="selectionchange"
                                                  listener="#{bBean.selectCodListener}" render="tableSubCods"/>
                                        <rich:column width="20px">
                                                  <f:facet name="header"><h:outputText value=""/></f:facet>
                                                  <h:graphicImage value="../images/cod_#{cod.no}.gif" width="15" height="15" />
                                        </rich:column>
                                        ....
                              </rich:extendedDataTable>
                              <rich:contextMenu id="mnuTableCods" target="tableCods" mode="ajax">
                                        <rich:menuItem label="Edit" render="tableAfs" oncomplete="#{rich:component('pp')}.show();"
                                            mode="ajax" icon="/images/edit.png"/>
                              </rich:contextMenu>
                    </rich:tab>
                    ...
          </rich:tabPanel>
</h:form>
...

but when I rightclick on a row of the extendedDataTable, nothing happens (it shows the browser default context menu).

I only got to see the contextMenu when I put

<a4j:outputPanel ajaxaRendered="true">

around the datatable, but this has side effects regarding reloading the table and scrolling to top when I select a row, so its not a solution.

Thanks in advance.

Sivainvi

[rhanus]

when you (re)render the table you should always refer a higher element relative from rich:extendedDataTable for instance "tabCods" or "tabsCods"

this is why a4j:outputPanel works

[sivainvi]

Thanks Radim. Putting an outputPanel around the extendedDataTable, and rendering always that panel instead the table did the trick