Make all cells in a dropdown menu have an action.

[magwoodk]

We want to have our category menus go to category lists at any level including the top level.

We create the menu items on the java side.  Here is a code snippet.

     HtmlDropDownMenu currentMenu = new HtmlDropDownMenu();

     currentMenu.setValue("Top Category");

     HtmlMenuItem menuItem = new HtmlMenuItem();

     menuItem.setValue("Sub Category");

      // I know this is deprecated.  It's on my to do list

     Application application = FacesContext.getCurrentInstance().getApplication();

     MethodBinding binding = application.createMethodBinging("#{bean.category}", new Class[] {});   

     menuItem.setAction(binding);

    HtmlActionParameter action = new HtmlActionParameter();

    actionParameter.setName("showCategory");

    actionParameter.setValue("true");

     menuItem.getChildren().add(action);

Then in the jsp:

<rich:toolBar>

  <c:forEach var="categoryMenu"

    items="#{bean.categoryMenus}">

    <rich:dropDownMenu binding="#{categoryMenu}">

    </rich:dropDownMenu>

  </c:forEach>

</rich:toolBar>

The problem is that this only allows an action  for the last leaf in the tree.  How can I set an action on the parents?

Thank you for any help.