Sounds interesting.
I've had this problem before, and did solve it in a non-perfect way.
Essentially, I had to get rid of all columns - rendered out one
column, and made sure the columns of different rows would align by
using CSS and did the rest by hand.
I like the idea, though! Maybe you should add a feature request or go
even further and send us a patch?
regards,
Martin
On 12/26/05, Claudio Tasso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
> I'm starting using Tomahawk components and I find them very useful. My
> previuous experience dealt with Oracle ADF components, but they are full
> of bugs and not flexible.
> But there's one feature of ADF table which is very nice.
> Inside a datatable it is possible specifying a facet called
> "detailStamp". This is an example:
>
> <af:table value="#{myManagedBean.allEmployees}"
> var="emp">
> <f:facet name="detailStamp">
> <h:outputText value="#{emp.address}"/>
> </f:facet>
> <h:column>
> <f:facet name="header">
> <h:outputText value="Name"/>
> </f:facet>
> <h:outputText value="#{emp.address}"/>
> </h:column>
> </af:table>
>
>
> The result is this: there's a column called "details" which contains a
> button, this button shows/hide the detail. Suppose that there are two
> rows. The initial state of the rendered table is this:
>
> <table>
> <tr>
> <th>details</th>
> <th>Name</th>
> </tr>
> <tr>
> <td><a href="SHOW_DETAIL"><img src="show.gif"/></a></td>
> <td>John Smith</td>
> </tr>
> <tr>
> <td><a href="SHOW_DETAIL"><img src="show.gif"/></a></td>
> <td>Ed Ross</td>
> </tr>
> </table>
>
> When the user clicks on the detail of the first row, a new row is
> displayed below the current row, so this is the result:
>
> <table>
> <tr>
> <th>details</th>
> <th>Name</th>
> </tr>
> <tr>
> <td><a href="HIDE_DETAIL"><img src="hide.gif"/></a></td>
> <td>John Smith</td>
> </tr>
> <tr>
> <td colspan="2">Washington Avenue, Springfield, USA</td>
> </tr>
> <tr>
> <td><a href="SHOW_DETAIL"><img src="show.gif"/></a></td>
> <td>Ed Ross</td>
> </tr>
> </table>
>
>
> The idea behind this component can be summurized as follows: every row
> in the table can be associated to a detail, which can be visibile or
> hidden according to the user action. When the user clicks on the show
> button, the content of the facet is displayed as a new ROW under the
> current row.
>
> Now I'm wondering if something similar exists in Tomahawk or Sandbox.
> Pheraps, composing the existing components may produce the same result.
> If it doesn't exist, I suppose that implementing it could be very useful.
> Please, tell me your opinions.
>
>
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