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Summary

Tag Name: <tr:panelBox>
Java Class: org.apache.myfaces.trinidad.component.core.layout.CorePanelBox
Component Type: org.apache.myfaces.trinidad.CorePanelBox

The panelBox is used to place ancillary information on a page, offset by a certain color.

There are four possible attributes to set for the content container. The width of the container can be set to either an exact pixel size or a percentage of the element the content container is within. This is done by using the inlineStyle or styleClass attributes.

Content containers can have headers and icons. Set the text and icon attributes to gain these items. If neither is set, the content container will only display its children. If there is a header but no icon, the header will show and the content will be offset to line up with the start of the header. If an icon is set, the icon will appear to the left of the header, but the content will still be offset to the left of the header. If an icon is set but no header, the icon will still be displayed on the left but no header text will be visible.

Content containers can have various color schemes, which can be specified by setting the background attribute. The values for the background attribute are light, medium, dark, and transparent. The default is light. Please note that changing the background attribute may also change the appearance of the title bar.

You can make changes to the style of the content region of this component by adding your custom styles to the contentStyle attribute.

Content containers will generally have only one child with the actual contents as its children. This child will describe how the content should be displayed. However, the content container can have multiple children, in which case the children are displayed in a stack fashion, lined up vertically.

Code Example(s)

<tr:panelBox text="Header"
             background="light"
             contentStyle="background:blue;"
             icon="/images/info.gif"
             inlineStyle = "width: 25%;" >
  <tr:panelGroupLayout layout="vertical">
    <tr:goLink text="point 1" destination="http://myfaces.apache.org"/>
    <tr:goLink text="point 2" destination="http://myfaces.apache.org"/>
    <tr:goLink text="point 3" destination="http://myfaces.apache.org"/>
    <tr:goLink text="point 4" destination="http://myfaces.apache.org"/>
    <tr:goLink text="point 5" destination="http://myfaces.apache.org"/>
  </tr:panelGroupLayout>
</tr:panelBox>

Supported Client Events for Client Behaviors

  • click (default)
  • dblclick
  • keydown
  • keypress
  • keyup
  • mousedown
  • mousemove
  • mouseout
  • mouseover
  • mouseup

Events

Type Phases Description
org.apache.myfaces.trinidad.event.AttributeChangeEvent Invoke Application,
Apply Request Values		 Event delivered to describe an attribute change. Attribute change events are not delivered for any programmatic change to a property. They are only delivered when a renderer changes a property without the application's specific request. An example of an attribute change event might include the width of a column that supported client-side resizing.

Attributes

Name Type Supports EL? Description
attributeChangeListener javax.el.MethodExpression Only EL a method reference to an attribute change listener. Attribute change events are not delivered for any programmatic change to a property. They are only delivered when a renderer changes a property without the application's specific request. An example of an attribute change events might include the width of a column that supported client-side resizing.
background String Yes Valid Values: light, medium, dark, transparent
Default Value: light

the appearance type of the content container. It should be one of "light", "medium", "dark", or "transparent"
binding org.apache.myfaces.trinidad.component.core.layout.CorePanelBox Only EL an EL reference that will store the component instance on a bean. This can be used to give programmatic access to a component from a backing bean, or to move creation of the component to a backing bean.
contentStyle String Yes The inline style of the content region.
icon String Yes An URL to an image to use for the icon of the content container.
id String No the identifier for the component. Every component may be named by a component identifier that must conform to the following rules:
  • They must start with a letter (as defined by the Character.isLetter() method) or underscore ( _ ).
  • Subsequent characters must be letters (as defined by the Character.isLetter() method), digits as defined by the Character.isDigit() method, dashes ( - ), or underscores ( _ ). To minimize the size of responses generated by JavaServer Faces, it is recommended that component identifiers be as short as possible. If a component has been given an identifier, it must be unique in the namespace of the closest ancestor to that component that is a NamingContainer (if any).
inlineStyle String Yes the CSS styles to use for this component.
onclick String Yes an onclick Javascript handler.
ondblclick String Yes an ondblclick Javascript handler.
onkeydown String Yes an onkeydown Javascript handler.
onkeypress String Yes an onkeypress Javascript handler.
onkeyup String Yes an onkeyup Javascript handler.
onmousedown String Yes an onmousedown Javascript handler.
onmousemove String Yes an onmousemove Javascript handler.
onmouseout String Yes an onmouseout Javascript handler.
onmouseover String Yes an onmouseover Javascript handler.
onmouseup String Yes an onmouseup Javascript handler.
partialTriggers String[] Yes the IDs of the components that should trigger a partial update.

This component will listen on the trigger components. If one of the trigger components receives an event that will cause it to update in some way, this component will request to be updated too.

Separate multiple triggers with a space. e.g., partialTriggers="cmp1 cmp2"

Identifiers must account for NamingContainers. You can use a single colon to start the search from the root, or use multiple colons to move up through the NamingContainer. For example, "::" will pop out of this component's naming container (it pops out of itself if it is a naming container), ":::" will pop out of two naming containers, etc. The search for the partialTrigger begins from there. e.g., partialTriggers=":::commandButton1" the search begins for the component with id = commandButton1 after popping out of two naming containers relative to this component. To go into naming containers, you separate the naming containers with ':', e.g.,partialTriggers= "nc1:nc2:nc3:componentId".
rendered boolean Yes Default Value: true

whether the component is rendered. When set to false, no output will be delivered for this component (the component will not in any way be rendered, and cannot be made visible on the client). If you want to change a component's rendered attribute from false to true using PPR, set the partialTrigger attribute of its parent component so the parent refreshes and in turn will render this component.
shortDesc String Yes The short description of the component. This text is commonly used by user agents to display tooltip help text.
styleClass String Yes a CSS style class to use for this component.
text String Yes The header of the content container.