JSF: Empty space caused by rendered attribute

Question

How can I get rid of the empty space by components not rendered via rendered attribute?

I want to display a list of objects in a dataTable and sort them by a property they have. I do it likes this: view plaincopy to clipboardprint?

<t:dataTable value="#{someBean.values}" var="value">  
    <h:column>  
        <f:facet name="header">  
            <t:outputText value="X" />  
        </f:facet>  
        <h:panelGroup rendered="#{value.property eq 'X'}">  
          <!-- some stuff -->  
        </h:panelGroup>  
    </h:column>  
    <h:column>  
        <f:facet name="header">  
            <t:outputText value="Y" />  
        </f:facet>  
        <h:panelGroup rendered="#{value.property eq 'Y'}">  
          <!-- some stuff -->  
        </h:panelGroup>  
    </h:column>                 
</t:dataTable>

It will display one item every row only, because of the rendered thingy. How can I avoid this? I stumpled upon this also on other occasions...

Thank you!

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered May 26 '11 at 10:02

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It is obvious to display one item every row with datatable.

You can better have two different datatables, one rendering for x and other rendering for y and adjust your css accordingly that looks like two column of the same table. Or else using richfaces, <rich:subTable> would help you, such as having two subTable in a single dataTable

answered May 26 '11 at 10:02

niksvp

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Thank you! I will go for the two dataTables method, I think. – geeehhdaa May 26 '11 at 10:12

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered May 26 '11 at 11:09

Use a single column and render in there.

<t:dataTable value="#{someBean.values}" var="value">  
    <h:column>  
        <f:facet name="header">  
            <t:outputText value="#{value.property}" />  
        </f:facet>  
        <h:panelGroup rendered="#{value.property eq 'X'}">  
          <!-- some stuff -->  
        </h:panelGroup>  
        <h:panelGroup rendered="#{value.property eq 'Y'}">  
          <!-- some stuff -->  
        </h:panelGroup>  
    </h:column>                 
</t:dataTable>

As usual: Thanks for being kind enough to share your vast knowledge! — geeehhdaa, May 26 '11 at 12:09

JSF: Empty space caused by rendered attribute

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