h:panelGrid + ui:repeat tag issue

Hi all,

I am trying to build columns in the h:panelGrid tag dynamically using facelets repeat tag (ui:repeat). My code looks like this:

The output it generated is

All the 4 elements (Emp. No,First Name,Middle Name,Last Name) of the "preferencesBean.columns" in single TD instead of creating 4 different TDs.

Is there any solution or work around available for this?

Thanks in advance.

Kalai.

I'm having the same problem. Anyone else found a solution?

results in this

<fieldset>Test version 1
  <legend>List of Repair Types
  </legend>
  <table>
    <thead>
      <tr>
        <th colspan="2" scope="colgroup">Select Applicable Types
        </th>
      </tr>
    </thead>
    <tbody>
      <tr>
        <td>
          <span class="txtLbl">TEST1
          </span>
          <input type="checkbox" name="formId:j_id83:0:j_id86"/>
          <span class="txtLbl">0
          </span>
          <span class="txtLbl">TEST2
          </span>
          <input type="checkbox" name="formId:j_id83:1:j_id86"/>
          <span class="txtLbl">0
          </span>
          <span class="txtLbl">Heating
          </span>
          <input type="checkbox" name="formId:j_id83:2:j_id86"/>
          <span class="txtLbl">0
          </span>
          <span class="txtLbl">Electrical
          </span>
          <input type="checkbox" name="formId:j_id83:3:j_id86"/>
          <span class="txtLbl">0
          </span>
          <span class="txtLbl">Plumbing
          </span>
          <input type="checkbox" name="formId:j_id83:4:j_id86"/>
          <span class="txtLbl">0
          </span>
          <span class="txtLbl">Well / Septic
          </span>
          <input type="checkbox" name="formId:j_id83:5:j_id86"/>
          <span class="txtLbl">0
          </span>
          <span class="txtLbl">Structural
          </span>
          <input type="checkbox" name="formId:j_id83:6:j_id86"/>
          <span class="txtLbl">0
          </span>
           </td>
      </tr>
    </tbody>
  </table>
</fieldset>

I don't understand why there is only one row. Each Panel group should be one column, and there should only be two columns. I suspect it has to do with the way JSF generates the HTML at separate time so when that at the time the table is created, the data is not present.

Did anyond found solution for this problem?

Please try to use c:forEach to replace ui:repeat.

<c:forEach items="#{preferencesBean.columns}" var="item">

Xiaonan Jiang wrote:Please try to use c:forEach to replace ui:repeat.

<c:forEach items="#{preferencesBean.columns}" var="item">

Please don't. Mixing JSTL and JSF is a bad idea.

I looked at doing something similar to this, but ended up using the RichFaces dataGrid control instead. It's actually designed for that kind of thing.