2 Replies Latest reply on Jun 21, 2007 4:38 AM by paulo5

    Datatable onRowClick firing server side sction controller -

    paulo5
    paulo5 Jun 20, 2007 7:26 AM

      Hi,

      Has anyone had any success at firing a server side action controller method from an onRowClick event in a datatable?

      The idea is that once a user clicks on a row they are taken to a detail page where they can edit the object that the row represents.

      I can do this by forcing the user to click on a commandButton or commandLink...but I'd rather let them just click on a row (the business demands it).

      My only workaround at the moment is quite messy in that it has a hidden submit button on every row - and when the user clicks on the row, a javascript function causes the button to submit (the action / actionlistener attribute dictates the server side method to call)

      I'm trying to put together a presentation to justify and teach the benefits of richFaces and unfortunately this solution is too messy to include...

      Does anyone have any better solutions?

      Thanks in advance for any help :-)

      Cheers,

      Paul

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        • 1. Re: Datatable onRowClick firing server side sction controlle
          baz
          baz Jun 20, 2007 8:35 AM (in response to paulo5)

          Please search the forum and you will find a solution that at least works for us.
          http://jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&t=106284
          and
          http://jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&t=107198

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          • 2. Re: Datatable onRowClick firing server side sction controlle
            paulo5
            paulo5 Jun 21, 2007 4:38 AM (in response to paulo5)

            Thanks for your response - I did do some searches but did was obviously searchng for the wrong words :-)

            Either way I took a little bit from several of the responses and managed to fire my action controller:

            My Data Table

            <rich:dataTable
 id="widgetTable"
 styleClass="resultsTable"
 value="#{widgetSummaryManager.widgetDataModel}"
 var="widgetRecord"
 onRowMouseOver="switchElmtClass(this, 'highlightRow', 'normalRow')"
 onRowMouseOut="switchElmtClass(this, 'highlightRow', 'normalRow')"
 summary="Provides a list of widgets available"
 headerClass="tableHeader"
 columnClasses="idField">
 <a4j:support event="onRowClick" action="#{widgetSummaryManager.selectWidget}"
 actionListener="#{widgetSummaryManager.viewWidget}"/>

....


            My widgetSummaryManager.selectWidget Action controller 

            public String selectWidget() {
 logger.info("trying to get small widget dto");
 SmallWidgetDTO smallWidgetDTO = (SmallWidgetDTO) widgetDataModel.getRowData();
 logger.info("Attempting to get widget using id of "+ smallWidgetDTO.getId());
 WidgetDTO widgetDTO = getSearchMgr().getWidget(smallWidgetDTO.getId());
 setSelectedWidget(widgetDTO);
 return "widgetDetail";
}


            and the navigation rule in faces-config.xml that directs me to the next page... 

            <navigation-rule>
 <from-view-id>/pages/widgetSummary.jsp</from-view-id>
 <navigation-case>
 <from-outcome>widgetDetail</from-outcome>
 <to-view-id>/pages/widgetDetail.jsp</to-view-id>
 </navigation-case>
navigation-rule>


            Thanks again for your help pointing me in the right direction and apologies for not managing to find it myself :-)

            Cheers

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