Have you tried putting the colSelector after the datatable? It sounds like the view does not yet contain the table. I thought myFaces had similar issues with the DataScroller in ealier versions (maybe still do). Maybe take a look on how they handled?
Of course, just a guess. Good luck -----Original Message----- From: Simon Kitching [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2005 12:07 AM To: MyFaces Discussion Subject: Finding a component with a specific id Hi, From a custom renderer I need to be able to find a component with a specific id. Page: <o:colSelector tableId="table1" .../> <t:dataTable id="table1" ...> .. </t:dataTable> From the renderer for the o:colSelector I've tried: UIComponent table = facesContext.getViewRoot().findComponent(tableId); UIComponent table = component.findComponent(tableId); UIComponent table = component.findComponent(":" + tableId); but had no luck. The table is enclosed in a subview named "body", so the id actually gets output as "body:table1". I've tried all the above with that string too, and no luck. Any ideas how I should locate that table component by id?? [And BTW, is it possible for a component in a naming container to have an id that is *not* prefixed by its NamingContainer parent's id?] On a related note, looking at the source for UIComponent.findComponent, I see it calls _ComponentUtils.findComponent which is as follows. static UIComponent findComponent(UIComponent findBase, String id) { if (idsAreEqual(id,findBase)) { return findBase; } for (Iterator it = findBase.getFacetsAndChildren(); it.hasNext(); ) { UIComponent childOrFacet = (UIComponent)it.next(); if (!(childOrFacet instanceof NamingContainer)) { UIComponent find = findComponent(childOrFacet, id); if (find != null) return find; } else if (idsAreEqual(id,childOrFacet)) { return childOrFacet; } } return null; } What's the point of that "instanceof NamingContainer"? Why doesn't the search recurse into NamingContainer children of findBase? Thanks, Simon
