Maybe what you need is a h:dataTable with a t:columns (with an "s") component.
<h:dataTable>
<t:columns>
<h:column>
<radio button>
<some text>
<more text>
</h:column>
</t:columns>
</h:dataTable>
You'd just initialize your dataTable with a constant "one-row" backing model.
And you'd use t:columns as if it were a dataTable, except that it'll
display items horizontally rather than vertically.
On 11/23/05, Tony Czupryna <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> As far as I can tell from reading and testing, jstl foreach does not work
> with jsf. I will continue to poke at it. Basically I'm trying to set up a
> set of complex radio buttons across a page (I hope this looks right):
>
> Radio1 SomeText Radio2 SomeText Radio3 SomeText
> MoreText MoreText MoreText
>
> Thank you for spanning time on this,
> Tony
>
>
> On 11/23/05, Mike Kienenberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > dataList is an iterating tag. But it's going to iterate at render
> > time and output html. c:forEach is an iterating jsp tag that
> > iterates at component tree building time and can "output" components,
> > at least when used with facelets (not sure how it works with the
> > standard JSF JSP view handler.)
> >
> > Is there a reason why you can't use dataTable? The simple example
> > you posted would work with dataTable, but maybe your actual
> > requirements are more complicated.
> >
> > On 11/23/05, Tony Czupryna < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > Apologies. I thought the bug yesterday was not opened because JIRA timed
> out
> > > as it was posting. I noticed the email this morning after creating this
> > > enhancement request. I also realized this morning before requesting this
> > > enhancement that this was working as intended. Since dataList is a
> component
> > > it goes into one column of panelGrid. I have attempted to use c:foreach
> with
> > > no success. I will see if I can find some relevant threads or get help
> on
> > > the users list. What I need is an iterating tag that renders its
> children
> > > only.
> > >
> > > Sorry again for the repost.
> > >
> > > -Tony
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On 11/23/05, Mike Kienenberger (JIRA) <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > > [
> > >
> http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MYFACES-868?page=comments#action_12358391
> > > ]
> > > >
> > > > Mike Kienenberger commented on MYFACES-868:
> > > > -------------------------------------------
> > > >
> > > > Tony,
> > > >
> > > > As Simon remarked the first time you opened this issue, you should
> discuss
> > > this on the MyFaces user list.
> > > >
> > > > JSF works on components, not on rendered html.
> > > >
> > > > The panelGrid component takes a list of components and puts each one
> in a
> > > separate column.
> > > >
> > > > However, the dataList component is a single component to the parent
> > > panelGrid, despite all of the html that's being rendering, so all of
> that
> > > html is going to be put into the same column.
> > > >
> > > > One thing you could try is to use the jsp c:forEach tag instead of
> > > dataTable. This will create multiple copies of each component as the
> > > component tree is built. I've never used forEach, but others have
> brought
> > > it up on the facelets mailing list. The dataList component (and all JSF
> > > components) only render output from components at render time, but they
> do
> > > not add multiple copies of components at component tree build time.
> > > >
> > > > Put another way: The first time a page is displayed, a component
> tree is
> > > built. That's what panelGrid is going to work on. Each time the page
> is
> > > displayed, the html is going to be rendered, and that's what dataList is
> > > going to work on.
> > > >
> > > > If it were me, I would not be trying to solve the problem this way.
> > > >
> > > > I'd either replace panelGrid + dataList with a dataTable (that's what
> a
> > > datatable is!) or I'd get rid of the panelGrid and directly render the
> html
> > > table tags using f:verbatim tags. dataList excels at letting you
> provide
> > > the formatting while it provides the iteration.
> > > >
> > > > This issue needs to be marked "Won't Fix" and closed.
> > > >
> > > > > dataList treatment inside panelGrid
> > > > > -----------------------------------
> > > > >
> > > > > Key: MYFACES-868
> > > > > URL:
> > > http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MYFACES-868
> > > > > Project: MyFaces
> > > > > Type: Improvement
> > > > > Components: Tomahawk
> > > > > Versions: 1.1.1, Nightly
> > > > > Environment: 11/22/2005 Nightly Build
> > > > > Tomcat 5.5
> > > > > Fedora 4
> > > > > Reporter: Tony Czupryna
> > > > > Priority: Minor
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > I'm basically trying to use a dataList as a foreach to display a
> bunch
> > > of panelGroups across the screen. When the page renders, the dataList is
> > > treated as a single panelGroup and displays vertically instead of
> > > horizontally. It would be great if I could tell the dataList to
> basically be
> > > ignored by panelGrid and just render what it contains. This makes it
> > > possible to use dataList as a foreach. Maybe this should be a new tag
> that
> > > extends dataList. A test jsp:
> > > > > <%@ page session="true"
> > > contentType="text/html;charset=UTF-8" language="java"
> %>
> > > > > <%@ taglib uri=" http://java.sun.com/jsf/html"; prefix="h" %>
> > > > > <%@ taglib uri="http://java.sun.com/jsf/core"; prefix="f" %>
> > > > > <%@ taglib uri="
> http://myfaces.apache.org/tomahawk";
> > > prefix="t" %>
> > > > > <html>
> > > > > <head><title>TonyTesterNoGrid</title></head>
> > > > > <body>
> > > > > <f:view>
> > > > > <h:panelGrid columns="#{tonyTester.numberOfHelpers}">
> > > > > <t:dataList id="test" var="helper" value="#{tonyTester.helpers
> }">
> > > > > <h:panelGroup>
> > > > > <h:panelGrid columns="1">
> > > > > <h:outputText value="#{helper.key}"/>
> > > > > <h:outputText value="#{helper.descriptionLine1 }"/>
> > > > > <h:outputText value="#{helper.descriptionLine2}"/>
> > > > > </h:panelGrid>
> > > > > </h:panelGroup>
> > > > > </t:dataList>
> > > > > </h:panelGrid>
> > > > > </f:view>
> > > > > </body>
> > > > > </html>
> > > > > Currently, the entire list is put into the first column of the
> > > panelGrid:
> > > > > <html>
> > > > > <head><title>TonyTesterNoGrid</title></head>
> > > > > <body>
> > > > > <table border="0"><tbody><tr><td>
> > > > > <table border="0"><tbody><tr><td>1</td></tr>
> > > > > <tr><td>helper1-descriptionLine1</td></tr>
> > > > > <tr><td>helper1-descriptionLine2</td></tr>
> > > > > </tbody></table>
> > > > > <table border="0"><tbody><tr><td>1</td></tr>
> > > > > <tr><td>helper2-descriptionLine1</td></tr>
> > > > > <tr><td>helper2-descriptionLine2</td></tr>
> > > > > </tbody></table>
> > > > > <table border="0"><tbody><tr><td>1</td></tr>
> > > > > <tr><td>helper3-descriptionLine1</td></tr>
> > > > > <tr><td>helper3-descriptionLine2</td></tr>
> > > > > </tbody></table>
> > > > > </td><td></td><td></td></tr>
> > > > > </tbody></table>
> > > > > </body>
> > > > > </html>
> > > > > I'd like to be able to render with each contained panelGroup as a
> > > separate column in the panelGrid:
> > > > > <html>
> > > > > <head><title>TonyTesterNoGrid</title></head>
> > > > > <body>
> > > > > <table border="0"><tbody><tr><td>
> > > > > <table border="0"><tbody><tr><td>1</td></tr>
> > > > > <tr><td>helper1-descriptionLine1</td></tr>
> > > > > <tr><td>helper1-descriptionLine2</td></tr>
> > > > > </tbody></table>
> > > > > </td><td>
> > > > > <table border="0"><tbody><tr><td>1</td></tr>
> > > > > <tr><td>helper2-descriptionLine1</td></tr>
> > > > > <tr><td>helper2-descriptionLine2</td></tr>
> > > > > </tbody></table>
> > > > > </td><td>
> > > > > <table border="0"><tbody><tr><td>1</td></tr>
> > > > > <tr><td>helper3-descriptionLine1</td></tr>
> > > > > <tr><td>helper3-descriptionLine2</td></tr>
> > > > > </tbody></table>
> > > > > </td></tr>
> > > > > </tbody></table>
> > > > > </body>
> > > > > </html>
> > > > > It would also have to be able to render additional rows properly.
> > > >
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