JSF selectManyCheckbox Tag
This section is to describe you selectManyCheckbox tag
of JSF. It is used to provide the user to select many items from a list of
options. The user can select one or more options. This supports two layouts "lineDirection"
and "pageDirection".layout determines whether the chenkboxes are laid
out horizontally or vertically. lineDirection is the default
layout. lineDirection sets the checkboxes in the horizontal direction of the
page and pageDirection is used to set the checkboxes in vertical direction of
the page. f:selectItem or f:selectItems are used to provide a list
of available options. selectManyCheckbox renders these options in a table
where each option is set to one cell. Each cell contains the checkbox and label
of the option. The value attribute of this tag must be value binding expression.
This value can be bound to data type of java like primitive array, object array,
List.
Code Description :
<%@ taglib uri="http://java.sun.com/jsf/html"
prefix="h"%>
<%@ taglib uri="http://java.sun.com/jsf/core" prefix="f"%>
<f:view>
<html>
<body>
<h:form>
<h:outputText value="Click one or more options below :"/>
<h:selectManyCheckbox id="smc"
value="#{TableBean.perInfoAll}" border="1" disabled="false"
title="this is
'selectManyCheckbox' demo" layout="lineDirection">
<f:selectItem id="si1" itemLabel="Thums Up" itemValue="11" />
<f:selectItem id="si2" itemLabel="Limca" itemValue="22" />
<f:selectItem id="si3" itemLabel="Pepsi" itemValue="33" />
<f:selectItem id="si4" itemLabel="Sprite" itemValue="44" />
<f:selectItem id="si5" itemLabel="Frooti" itemValue="55" />
<f:selectItem id="si6" itemLabel="Coca-Cola" itemValue="66" />
</h:selectManyCheckbox><br>
</h:form>
</body>
</html>
</f:view> |
Rendered Output :
Html Source Code:
<html>
<body>
<form id="_id0"
method="post"
action="/htmltag/pages/selectManyCheckbox.jsf"
enctype="application/x-www-form-urlencoded">
Click one or more options below :
<table border="1"
id="_id0:smc"><tr><td>
<label><input
name="_id0:smc"
value="11"
type="checkbox"
border="1"
title=
"this
is 'selectManyCheckbox' demo"> Thums Up</input></label></td>
<td>
<label><input
name="_id0:smc"
value="22"
type="checkbox"
border="1"
title=
"this
is 'selectManyCheckbox' demo"> Limca</input></label></td>
<td>
<label><input
name="_id0:smc"
value="33"
type="checkbox"
border="1"
title=
"this
is 'selectManyCheckbox' demo"> Pepsi</input></label></td>
<td>
<label><input
name="_id0:smc"
value="44"
type="checkbox"
border="1"
title=
"this
is 'selectManyCheckbox' demo"> Sprite</input></label></td>
<td>
<label><input
name="_id0:smc"
value="55"
type="checkbox"
border="1"
title=
"this
is 'selectManyCheckbox' demo"> Frooti</input></label></td>
<td>
<label><input
name="_id0:smc"
value="66"
type="checkbox"
border="1"
title=
"this
is 'selectManyCheckbox' demo"> Coca-Cola</input></label>
</td>
</tr>
</table><br>
<input type="hidden"
name="_id0"
value="_id0"
/></form>
</body>
</html> |
This tag is comprised of many attributes
that are summarized below :
- id : It is the component identifier that must
be unique in the closest container.
- layout : This attribute is used to set the
components either vertically or horizontally by two values "lineDirection"
and "pageDirection" respectively.This attribute takes "lineDirection" value
bydefault.
- enabledClass : This attribute is used to set
the CSS class to the label of disabled choices.
- disabledClass : This attribute is used to set
the CSS class to the label of enabled choices.
- binding : It takes the value binding
expression that is used to link the component to the property of the backing
bean.
- rendered : Its a boolean attribute. Its
default value is true. It determines whether this component should be rendered
or not.
- value : This is to set the current value of
the component.
- converter : This specifies the converter for
the component. This can be static value or EL expression .
- immediate : Its a boolean attribute. It is
used to identify during which phase value change event should occur. If this
attribute is set to true then in place of firing the event during the process
validation phase, these event are sent immadiately at the end of apply request
values phase.
- required : Its a boolean attribute. It
indicates that its value is required by the user before the submission of the
form to the server. If it is set to true and value is not provided then an
error message comes.
- validator : It takes the method binding
expression. This expression represents the validator method. This method is
called at the time of validation of the component.
- valueChangeListener : This also takes a
method binding expression. This expression represents value change listener
method. This method will be called when new value is set for this component.
- border : It is used to set the border width
of the table containing these choices.
- dir : It is used to set the direction of the
text to be displayed. It can take two values LTR(left to right) and RTL (right
to left).
- lang : It is used to set the base language of
the component when displayed.
- style : It is used to set the CSS style
definition for the component.
- title : It is the standard html attribute.It
is used to set the tooltip text for this component.
- styleClass : It is used to set the CSS class
for the component.
- onclick : Script to be invoked when the
element is clicked.
- ondblclick : It is used for Java Script code
to be invoked when the element is double-clicked.
- onmousedown : It is used for Java Script code
to be invoked when the pointing device is pressed over this element.
- onmouseup : It is used for Java Script code
to be invoked when the pointing device is released over this element.
- onmouseover : It is used for Java Script code
to be invoked when the pointing device is moved into this element.
- onmousemove : It is used for Java Script code
to be invoked when the pointing device is moved while it is in this element.
- onmouseout : It is used for Java Script code
to be invoked when the pointing device is moves out of this element.
- onkeypress : It is used for Java Script code
to be invoked when a key is pressed over this element.
- onkeydown : It is used for Java Script code
to be invoked when a key is pressed down over this element.
- onkeyup : It is used for Java Script code to
be invoked when a key is released over this element.
- accesskey : This is standard html attribute.
It is used to set the access key for the element which is used to send the
focus to the element when pressed.
- alt : This is used as an alternate text that
is displayed when browser is not able to display the element.
- disabled : Its a boolean attribute. This is
used to disable the element to receive focus, when it is set to true.
- onblur : It is used to set the java script
code to execute when focus is lost from the element.
- onfocus : It is used to set the java script
code to execute when focus is received by the element.
- onchange : It is used to set the java script
code to execute when element is modified.
- onselect : It is used to set the java script
code to execute when element is modified
- readonly : Its a boolean attribute. It is
used to indicate the user that its value can't be modified, if it is set to
true.
- tabindex : This is a standard html attribute.
It is used to set the order of receiving the focus on the movement of TAB key
by the user.
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