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Summary

Tag Name: <tr:spacer>
Java Class: org.apache.myfaces.trinidad.component.core.output.CoreSpacer
Component Type: org.apache.myfaces.trinidad.CoreSpacer
spacer occupies a fixed amount of space in a layout, specified by its width and height attributes. If the width is not specified, but height specified, a block level HTML element is rendered, thereby introducing a new line effect. If width is specified, then, irrespective of the specified value of height, it may not get shorter than the applicable line-height, in user agents that strictly support standards mode HTML.

Code Example(s)

<tr:panelGroupLayout type="horizontal">
  <f:facet name="separator">
    <tr:spacer width="10" height="1"/>
  </f:facet>
  <tr:goLink text="First Link"
             destination="http://myfaces.apache.org"/>
  <tr:goLink text="Second Link"
             destination="http://myfaces.apache.org"/>
  <tr:goLink text="Third Link"
             destination="http://myfaces.apache.org"/>
</tr:panelGroupLayout>

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.
binding org.apache.myfaces.trinidad.component.core.output.CoreSpacer 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.
height String Yes the height of the spacer item.
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).
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.
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 bean. This text is commonly used by user agents to display tooltip help text.
width String Yes the width of the spacer item.