ExtendedDataTable - How to enable hover highlighting with multi select enabled?

[xhead65]

I'd like to use an extendedDataTable to allow users to select one or more items from a list, so it just needs to be a single column table with multi select enabled, nothing fancy.

This was super easy to do, but now I want to enhance the table to highlight rows onmouseover. I've tried a suggestion I've found on another thread:

   <rich:extendedDataTable

   value="#{gvsDetail.tests}" var="test" id="edtfilterTests"

   width="280px" height="400px"

   selectionMode="multi"

   enableContextMenu="false"

   onRowMouseOver="this.style.backgroundColor='#F1F1F1'"

   onRowMouseOut="this.style.backgroundColor='#{a4jSkin.tableBackgroundColor}'"> <!-- selection="" -->

   <rich:column

    sortable="false"

    label="TestsLabel"

    id="TestsId"

    width="100%">

    <f:facet name = "header">

     <h:outputText>Tests</h:outputText>

    </f:facet>

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

   </rich:column>

The above DOES enable highlighting on hover, but now selected rows are no longer highlighted (probably because the onRowMouseOut event overrides the selection color).

I've tried a number of things, with no luck. I think I need to do something like:

  onRowMouseOver="if(!this.isSelected) highlightrow;"

   onRowMouseOver="if(!this.isSelected) unhightlightrow;"

Any suggestions?

[dageisz]

Although it's a bit late it may help others:

the best solution would be to use css styling.

define a row class:

.myrow{
    /* insert your default row style here - for your example: */
    backgroundColor: #{a4jSkin.tableBackgroundColor};
}
.myrow:HOVER{
    backgroundColor: #F1F1F1;
}

in order to activate it use

 <rich:extendedDataTable ... rowClasses="myrow"> ... </rich:extendedDataTable>

As a hint: this will work only partialy if you are using fixed columns, as the fixed and the not-fixed columns are rendered in separate tables and thus have no connections on hovering.

After all you javascript solution doesnt work either, at least not in this simple way.