What I would like to do:
I am trying to popup a new window each time a cell in my datatable is clicked. I fail when attempting to bind (set) a value before the window is opened; it's the standard master/detail scenario discussed here several times in the past. The only difference is trying to popup the window.
Problem:
I am able to popup a window by calling some _javascript_ via the onclick attribute of the commandLink. I have tried using updateActionListener to set the value of the current cell's value as is normally used to set a value befor executing an action. However, because I am using the onclick attribute to open a new window, the window seems to be rendered before the updateActionListener actually sets the value. Since the target attribute doesn't work, I can't do something like 'target="this.form._blank". I am using Apache Beehive for my pageflow controller, and am attempting to set a value in my controller class; the idea is that when the popup page is created, the new page's backing bean can grab the value I previously set in the controller via the commandLink.
I'm new to webapp development and jumped into JSF/Beehive headfirst, so my misunderstanding of _javascript_ may be the culprit. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Here's a sample of the code:
<t:column>
<f:facet name="header">
<f:verbatim>Header Name</f:verbatim>
</f:facet>
<h:form>
<h:commandLink >
value="#dbRow.cellValue}">
<t:updateActionListener property="#{pageFlow.thisSetsValueInMyController}" value="#{dbRow.cellValue}" />
</h:commandLink>
</h:form>
</t:column>
_javascript_ (currently in same page for trying this):
<script type=text/_javascript_">
Function myJavaScript(cellValue){
popup = window.open("http://localhost:8080/XYZ/controller/goNewPage.do",
"page name", "height=300,width=300,resizable=1,toolbar=no,menubar=no");
popup.focus();
}
</script>
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