DataTable - Row Selection
This examples demonstrates how to select a row using a PrimeFaces commandButton and standard setPropertyActionListener.
Source
<h:form id="form">
<p:growl id="msgs" showDetail="true" />
<p:dataTable id="cars" var="car" value="#{tableBean.carsSmall}">
<p:column headerText="Model" style="width:24%">
<h:outputText value="#{car.model}" />
</p:column>
<p:column headerText="Year" style="width:24%">
<h:outputText value="#{car.year}" />
</p:column>
<p:column headerText="Manufacturer" style="width:24%">
<h:outputText value="#{car.manufacturer}" />
</p:column>
<p:column headerText="Color" style="width:24%">
<h:outputText value="#{car.color}" />
</p:column>
<p:column style="width:4%">
<p:commandButton id="selectButton" update=":form:display" oncomplete="carDialog.show()" icon="ui-icon-search" title="View">
<f:setPropertyActionListener value="#{car}" target="#{tableBean.selectedCar}" />
</p:commandButton>
</p:column>
</p:dataTable>
<p:dialog header="Car Detail" widgetVar="carDialog" resizable="false" id="carDlg"
showEffect="fade" hideEffect="explode" modal="true">
<h:panelGrid id="display" columns="2" cellpadding="4" style="margin:0 auto;">
<f:facet name="header">
<p:graphicImage value="/images/cars/#{tableBean.selectedCar.manufacturer}.jpg"/>
</f:facet>
<h:outputText value="Model:" />
<h:outputText value="#{tableBean.selectedCar.model}" style="font-weight:bold"/>
<h:outputText value="Year:" />
<h:outputText value="#{tableBean.selectedCar.year}" style="font-weight:bold"/>
<h:outputText value="Manufacturer:" />
<h:outputText value="#{tableBean.selectedCar.manufacturer}" style="font-weight:bold"/>
<h:outputText value="Color:" />
<h:outputText value="#{tableBean.selectedCar.color}" style="font-weight:bold"/>
</h:panelGrid>
</p:dialog>
</h:form>
package org.primefaces.examples.view;
import java.io.Serializable;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.UUID;
import org.primefaces.examples.domain.Car;
public class TableBean {
static {
colors = new String[10];
colors[0] = "Black";
colors[1] = "White";
colors[2] = "Green";
colors[3] = "Red";
colors[4] = "Blue";
colors[5] = "Orange";
colors[6] = "Silver";
colors[7] = "Yellow";
colors[8] = "Brown";
colors[9] = "Maroon";
manufacturers = new String[10];
manufacturers[0] = "Mercedes";
manufacturers[1] = "BMW";
manufacturers[2] = "Volvo";
manufacturers[3] = "Audi";
manufacturers[4] = "Renault";
manufacturers[5] = "Opel";
manufacturers[6] = "Volkswagen";
manufacturers[7] = "Chrysler";
manufacturers[8] = "Ferrari";
manufacturers[9] = "Ford";
}
private final static String[] colors;
private final static String[] manufacturers;
private List<Car> cars;
private Car selectedCar;
public TableBean() {
cars = new ArrayList<Car>();
populateRandomCars(cars, 50);
}
private void populateRandomCars(List<Car> list, int size) {
for(int i = 0 ; i < size ; i++)
list.add(new Car(getRandomModel(), getRandomYear(), getRandomManufacturer(), getRandomColor()));
}
public Car getSelectedCar() {
return selectedCar;
}
public void setSelectedCar(Car selectedCar) {
this.selectedCar = selectedCar;
}
public List<Car> getCars() {
return cars;
}
private int getRandomYear() {
return (int) (Math.random() * 50 + 1960);
}
private String getRandomColor() {
return colors[(int) (Math.random() * 10)];
}
private String getRandomManufacturer() {
return manufacturers[(int) (Math.random() * 10)];
}
private String getRandomModel() {
return UUID.randomUUID().toString().substring(0, 8);
}
}
