Project Documentation

Summary

Tag name: <t:panelNavigation>
UIComponent class: org.apache.myfaces.custom.navigation.HtmlPanelNavigation
Tag class: org.apache.myfaces.custom.navigation.HtmlPanelNavigationTag
Component type: org.apache.myfaces.HtmlPanelNavigation
Component family: javax.faces.Panel
Renderer type: org.apache.myfaces.Navigation
Renderer class: org.apache.myfaces.custom.navigation.HtmlNavigationRenderer

Renders a vertical menu structure with support for nested menu items. Unless otherwise specified, all attributes accept static values or EL expressions. Panel, that includes navigation items ({@link HtmlCommandNavigation}) and other components (separators).

Screen Shot

panelnavigation

Usage

<t:panelNavigation [ standard HTML table attributes ]
                      [itemClass="normal-menu-item-css-class"]
                      [openItemClass="open-menu-item-css-class"]
                      [activeItemClass="active-menu-item-css-class"]
                      [separatorClass="separator-css-class"]
                      [itemStyle="normal-menu-item-css-style"]
                      [openItemStyle="open-menu-item-css-style"]
                      [activeItemStyle="active-menu-item-css-style"]
                      [separatorStyle="separator-css-style"]>
    Nested <t:commandNavigation> tags (menu items) and output components (separat
</t:panelNavigation>

Instructions

Body content must be a combination of <t:commandNavigation> tags and standard output tags. Output tags are rendered as separators and can be used to divide the menu into sections.

Attributes

Name Type Supports EL? Description
activeItemClass String Yes The CSS class of the active navigation item.
activeItemStyle String Yes The CSS Style of the active navigation item.
align String Yes HTML: Specifies the horizontal alignment of this element. Deprecated in HTML 4.01.
bgcolor String Yes HTML: The background color of this element.
binding String Only EL Identifies a backing bean property (of type UIComponent or appropriate subclass) to bind to this component instance. This value must be an EL expression.
border int Yes HTML: Specifies the width of the border of this element, in pixels. Deprecated in HTML 4.01.
cellpadding String Yes HTML: Specifies the amount of empty space between the cell border and its contents. It can be either a pixel length or a percentage.
cellspacing String Yes HTML: Specifies the amount of space between the cells of the table. It can be either a pixel length or a percentage of available space.
colspan int Yes standard html colspan attribute for table cell
datafld String Yes Reserved for future use.
dataformatas String Yes Reserved for future use.
datasrc String Yes Reserved for future use.
dir String Yes HTML: The direction of text display, either 'ltr' (left-to-right) or 'rtl' (right-to-left).
displayValueOnly Boolean Yes If true, renders only the value of the component, but no input widget. Default is false.
displayValueOnlyStyle String Yes Style used when displayValueOnly is true.
displayValueOnlyStyleClass String Yes Style class used when displayValueOnly is true.
enabledOnUserRole String Yes If user is in given role, this component will be rendered normally. If not, no hyperlink is rendered but all nested tags (=body) are rendered.
forceId boolean No If true, this component will force the use of the specified id when rendering.
forceIdIndex boolean No If false, this component will not append a '[n]' suffix (where 'n' is the row index) to components that are contained within a "list." This value will be true by default and the value will be ignored if the value of forceId is false (or not specified.)
frame String Yes HTML: Controls what part of the frame that surrounds a table is visible. Values include: void, above, below, hsides, lhs, rhs, vsides, box, and border.
id String Yes An identifier for this particular component instance within a component view.

The id must be unique within the scope of the tag's enclosing NamingContainer (eg h:form or f:subview). The id is not necessarily unique across all components in the current view

This value must be a static value, ie not change over the lifetime of a component. It cannot be defined via an EL expression; only a string is permitted.

itemClass String Yes The CSS class of closed navigation items.
itemStyle String Yes The CSS Style of closed navigation items.
lang String Yes HTML: The base language of this document.
layout String Yes Determines the type of layout that is used when rendering a panelGroup: when 'block' is specified, an HTML div is rendered instead of the default HTML span.
onclick String Yes HTML: Script to be invoked when the element is clicked.
ondblclick String Yes HTML: Script to be invoked when the element is double-clicked.
onkeydown String Yes HTML: Script to be invoked when a key is pressed down over this element.
onkeypress String Yes HTML: Script to be invoked when a key is pressed over this element.
onkeyup String Yes HTML: Script to be invoked when a key is released over this element.
onmousedown String Yes HTML: Script to be invoked when the pointing device is pressed over this element.
onmousemove String Yes HTML: Script to be invoked when the pointing device is moved while it is in this element.
onmouseout String Yes HTML: Script to be invoked when the pointing device is moves out of this element.
onmouseover String Yes HTML: Script to be invoked when the pointing device is moved into this element.
onmouseup String Yes HTML: Script to be invoked when the pointing device is released over this element.
openItemClass String Yes The CSS class of open navigation items.
openItemStyle String Yes The CSS Style of open navigation items.
rendered boolean Yes A boolean value that indicates whether this component should be rendered. Default value: true.
rules String Yes HTML: Controls how rules are rendered between cells. Values include: none, groups, rows, cols, and all.
separatorClass String Yes The CSS class for the td element of a separator.
separatorStyle String Yes The CSS Style for the td element of a separator.
style String Yes HTML: CSS styling instructions.
styleClass String Yes The CSS class for this element. Corresponds to the HTML 'class' attribute.
summary String Yes HTML: Provides a summary of the contents of the table, for accessibility purposes.
title String Yes HTML: An advisory title for this element. Often used by the user agent as a tooltip.
visibleOnUserRole String Yes If user is in given role, this component will be rendered normally. If not, nothing is rendered and the body of this tag will be skipped.
width String Yes HTML: Specifies the desired width of the table, as a pixel length or a percentage of available space.