<p:overlayPanel> shows blank white after updating via command link/button - jsf

I am looking for solution that p:overlayPanel content should update it self while clicking commendButton or commendLink. But its showing blank white p:overlayPanel when i click the button. The updating with the p:overlayPanel id in that button or link. I have tried many ways nothing worked out. Is my code wrong?
Please suggest some solution.
Here is my code :
<ui:repeat id="profiles" value="#{items.lstProfiles}" var="profile">
<p:commandLink id="profileLink" value="show" update="moviePanel"
actionListener="#{dashBoardController.showProfileOverlay}"/>
<p:overlayPanel id="moviePanel" for="profileLink" hideEffect="fade"
dynamic="true" style="width:300px; height: 150px;">
<h:panelGrid columns="2">
<h:outputText value="Name : "/>
<h:outputText value="#{dashBoardController.selectedProfile.name}"/>
</h:panelGrid>
</p:overlayPanel>
</ui:repeat>

Usually dynamic="true" should do the job but some times it fails.So to update the contents inside the Overlay.
There are many ways to do this by tweaking Jquery.
Simplest one I can think of is:
Since ui:repeat generates dynamic ID for p:overlayPanels you can update by providing unique css class name from every iteration.
In Primefaces you can select a component using css class also using: #(.myclass).
And so you can update that component also:- update="#(.mystyle)"
Example:
<h:form>
<ui:repeat var="patient" value="#{dataCenter.patientList}">
<p:commandLink value="#{patient.firstName}" id="patientNameLnk" update="#(.overlay-class-#{patient.patientId})"/><br/>
<p:overlayPanel for="patientNameLnk">
<h:panelGroup styleClass="overlay-class-#{patient.patientId}">
#{patient.firstName}
#{patient.lastName}
#{patient.dob}
</h:panelGroup>
</p:overlayPanel>
</ui:repeat>
</h:form>
In the above example css class name for every h:panelGroup will be generated as overlay-class-<PATIENT_ID> so every h:panelGroup will have unique class name(if patientId is unique).
Note: Note that I'm updating h:panelGroup inside p:overlayPanel because if you update p:overlayPanel then it might start flickering(it happened to me while executing above example).

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Primefaces form is not updating from within dialog

I have a view like so:
<h:form id="productForm">
<p:messages
id="productFormMessages"
autoUpdate="true"
redisplay="true"
globalOnly="true" />
<p:panelGrid
id="detailsGrid">
<p:row>
...
<p:column>
...
<p:outputLabel
id="fieldToUpdateId"
value="XYZ" />
<p:commandButton
action="#{bean.prepareDialog}"
update="dialogFormId"
oncomplete="PF('dialogModal').show();" />
</p:column>
</p:row>
</p:panelGrid>
</h:form>
<ui:include src="/../.../dialog.xhtml" />
And this is what dialog.xhtml looks like:
<p:dialog
id="dialogId"
widgetvar="dialogModal"
appendTo="#(body)"
modal="true"
dynamic="true">
<h:form
id="dialogFormId">
...a selectOneMenu...
<p:commandButton
id="saveButtonId"
value="Save"
actionListener="#{bean.save}"
oncomplete="PF('dialogModal').hide();"
process="#form"
update=":productForm" />
</h:form>
But the save button just refuses to update the productForm. It does update productFormMessages (which I'm guessing is because of the autoUpdate) but the form just doesn't update. I need to do a page reload from the browser in order for it to reflect the latest data. I have tried many different ways of doing this.
1. Using p:component to directly refer to the outputLabel in the update attribute.
2. (1) also using the form ID and the panelGrid ID.
3. Using the full client ID (with and without the preceeding ':') in the update attribute. Similarly using the form ID and the panelGrid ID.
4. Adding the client ID to the render IDs in the bean and then calling the partialViewContext#update method on that.
4. Setting partialViewContext#setRenderAll to true.
4. And as a last ditch attempt, as demonstrated by the code, updating the entire productForm. Which isn't so bad, because fieldToUpdateId is just one of the fields that I need to update in the form. But either way, it's not working.
Clearly, the data is being saved on the back end, because a page reload gives me the latest data. But I just can't get the dialog to update the form where it's being called from. I'm out of ideas. What am I doing wrong?
Theoretically this should work, But please inspect the button in the Html source, to make sure which part of the html it refresh. it should have something like this.
onclick="PrimeFaces.ab({s:'dialogFormId:saveButtonId1',u:'productForm',onco:function(xhr,status,args){PF('dialogModal').hide();;}});return false;"

Primefaces weird behaviour with datatable, overlayPanel and filter/sort

I'm having some trouble with primefaces datatables and dynamic overlay for each row.
Basically I have a main datatable containing a certain number of rows. For each row, I have a button and a linked overlay that, when clicked, shows a small datatable in the overlay (it lists the lasts changes concerning the row).
Here is the simplified code:
//the main datatable
<p:dataTable id="terminauxDataTable" var="terminalBean" widgetVar="dataTableWidgetVar" value="#{cc.attrs.listAllTerminals}"
filteredValue="#{cc.attrs.listFilteredTerminals}">
...
<p:columnGroup>
<p:row>
<p:commandButton id="changelogButton"
type="button"/>
<p:overlayPanel id="changelogPanel" for="changelogButton"
dynamic="true">
//the small datatable for each row
<p:dataTable var="changelog" value="#{terminalBean.lastChangelogs}">
<p:column headerText="#{msg['commun.changelog.table.label.date']}">
<h:outputText value="#{changelog.dateHr}">
<f:converter converterId="dateTimeConverter" />
</h:outputText>
</p:column>
... some other colums
</p:dataTable>
</p:overlayPanel>
</p:row></p:column></p:datatable>
everything works fine at first sight. When I click on any button i do get the content that I want to load. it's supposed to look like this :
http://i.stack.imgur.com/n9GrW.png
(sorry, cannot post image directly)
Problems start to arise as soon as I make any filtering od sorting on the main datatable.
If a specific button was never clicked since page load, the overlay and the contained datatable are load successfuly. It dosen't matter if I applied a filter or a sort.
If I already clicked a button at least once and then I apply a sort/filter, if I try to click again on the button the overlay is shown but is empty, there is no datatable inside.
here is an exemple of a click after a filter on a button that was clicked before :
http://i.stack.imgur.com/eLGLo.png
Do you have any lead on how to address this problem ?
Thank you
Using the overlay opitimally with a datatable, requires a little different approach as can be seen in the PrimeFaces showcase of the overlayPanel
You need to put the overlayPanel outside the datatable, put a updatable container in there, e.g. an outputPanel and on the button in your column, update the panel and call the show function of the overlay panel with a specific parameter. Something like this:
<p:dataTable>
....
<p:column style="width:32px;text-align: center">
<p:commandButton update=":form:terminalDetail" oncomplete="PF('myTerminalOP').show('#{component.clientId}')" icon="ui-icon-search" title="Details">
<f:setPropertyActionListener value="#{selectedTerminal}" target="#{mySelectionView.selectedTerminal}" />
</p:commandButton>
</p:column>
</p:dataTable>
<p:overlayPanel widgetVar="myOP" showEffect="fade" hideEffect="fade" dismissable="false" showCloseIcon="true">
<p:outputPanel id="terminalDetail" style="text-align:center;">
...
</p:outputPanel>
</p:overlayPanel>
(Disclaimer: done on my phone, so typos may be there)
On latest version of primeng we can do this.
Triggering the event based on element #id. By doing the toggle from typescript, I was able to pin point the element I need to attach the overlay panel to.
HTML:
<div>
<p-table>
<--loop the data-->
<button pButton (click)="showOP($event, rowwiseData, 'button'+rowIndex)" [id]="'button'+rowIndex"></button>
</p-table>
</div>
<--outside of the table add the overlay menu-->
<p-menu #menu [popup]="true" [model]="panelData"></p-menu>
TS File:
panelData: any;
#ViewChild('menu', {static: false}) op: OverlayPanel;
<!--Call and point the event to the correct element using unique #id-->
showOverlayPanel($event: MouseEvent, rowwiseData: any, id:string) {
this.panelData = rowwiseData;
this.op.toggle($event,document.getElementById(id));
}

Render rich:extendedDataTable

I need a rich:popup that shows a rich:extendedDataTable, and when the user presses a button, the popup should be shown, and the extendedDataTable must be re-rendered, here is the code:
<rich:popupPanel id="popupId" show="false" modal="true">
<h:form>
<rich:extendedDataTable
value="#{bean.list}"
var="item" rows="5" id="table">
<rich:column>
<h:outputLabel value="#{item}" />
</rich:column>
</rich:extendedDataTable>
<a4j:commandButton value="x" immediate="true"
oncomplete="#{rich:component('popupId')}.hide(); return false;"/>
</h:form>
</rich:popupPanel>
<h:form>
<a4j:commandButton value="show"
oncomplete="#{rich:component('popupId')}.show(); return false;"
render="table" immediate="true" />
</h:form>
The first time I press the show it works fine, but when I close the panel with the X button and press again the show button, the extendedDataTable appears empty (It's rendered but appear empty, see image below).
The problem is fixed if I add an empty extendedDataTable before the popup, like this:
<rich:extendedDataTable />
<rich:popupPanel>
...
With rich:dataTable the problem doesn't exits, but I need a extendedDataTable.
And aditional extrange behaviour is when I resize the browser, the data appears.
Platform
RichFaces: 4.2.2.Final
Spring: 3.1.1.RELEASE
Cheers
Use onclick instead of oncomplete. ExtendedDataTable doesn't render properly inside invisible elements (it's a bug) so the popupPanel has to be made visible before the rerendering.
I had kinda the same issue.
I solved it in a not 100% richface correct way:
<a4j:commandButton
value="show"
action="#{actionForm.setShowEditor('true')}"
oncomplete="javascript:location.reload(true)"/>
<a4j:region layout="block" rendered="#{actionForm.showEditor}" id="panelArea">
<rich:popupPanel id="#{popupID}" modal="true" show="true" domElementAttachment="parent">
....
tabel
buttons
....
</rich:popupPanel>
</a4j:region>
The popup is always shown (show="true") inside the a4j:region.
But the a4j:region is only shown if variable to show the popup = true.
The full page refresh was in my case needed because otherwise my ckeditor had some initialisation errors. It should also work if you only rerender the a4j:region after you set the "#{actionForm.setShowEditor('true')}.

Can 'update' attribute update two components simultanously?

I have a question. Is that possible to update two components at a time?
I am trying a code like this:
<h:panelGroup id="pickList">
<p:panel rendered="#{customCalender.visible}" widgetVar="searchTableBox">
//Some codes.....
<p:commandButton value="Cancel" update="pickList" actionListener="#{customCalender.closeList}" style="background:#25A6E1;color:red;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',sans-serif;font-size:10px;border-radius:4px;" />
<p:commandButton value="Save" update="custDataTablePanel" actionListener="#{customCalender.saveTargetList}" style="background:#25A6E1;color:red;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',sans-serif;font-size:10px;border-radius:4px;"/>
</p:panel>
</h:panelGroup>
....
.....
<h:panelGroup id="custDataTablePanel">
<p:panel rendered="#{customCalender.dataTableVisible}">
..
..
</p:panel>
</h:panelGroup>
Now I want when I click on the Save button it hides the <h:panelGroup id="pickList"> and displays the <h:panelGroup id="custDataTablePanel"> so I have two boolean values to control their visibility. but I need to update two of these panels. One I did with update="custDataTablePanel" it displays the data table after the button click.(in the method saveTargetList I updated the visibility of the custDataTablePanel to true.) but cant manage to hide the panel pickList.
So I was wandering is there any way to hide and show these two panels in one button click.
Please suggest.
You can use many elements in the update attribute separated by a space
<p:commandButton update="element1 element2"/>
also you can update the whole form by using update="#form"

Absolute reRendering using RichFaces

My problem is that RichFaces reRender does not work 'under' the current element in the element tree; only upper elements get rerendered.
Is there any way to access lower elements with AJAX?
Any help would be appreciated!
Daniel
EDIT I edited this question to a more general one. See revisions if interested in the original question.
reRender works with providing an the id of the target object you want to reRender (inside the same naming container - form most often)
the id should be a unique string, according to html spec
reRender allows dynamic value - i.e. reRender="#{myBean.currentItemsToRerender}
Based on that I think you should be able to achieve what you want (although it's not entirely clear)
Update:
UIComponent.findComponent(..) has a well-defined algorithm for resolving ids. So for absolute referencing your reRendered id should start with : and then continue through the hierarchy of the naming containers.
Here is an example where changePanel111() changes the content of a lower element:
<h:form id="form" prependId="true">
<rich:panel id="PANEL1">
<h:outputText id="PANEL1TEXT" value="#{ajaxTestBean.panel1}"/>
<rich:panel id="PANEL11">
<h:outputText id="PANEL11TEXT" value="#{ajaxTestBean.panel11}"/>
<rich:panel id="PANEL111">
<h:outputText id="PANEL111TEXT" value="#{ajaxTestBean.panel111}"/>
</rich:panel>
</rich:panel>
<rich:panel id="PANEL12">
<h:outputText id="PANEL12TEXT" value="#{ajaxTestBean.panel12}"/>
<br/>
<a4j:commandLink value="CHANGE PANEL12" action="#{ajaxTestBean.changePanel12}">
<a4j:support reRender="PANEL12" event="onclick"/>
</a4j:commandLink>
<br/>
<a4j:commandLink value="CHANGE PANEL111" action="#{ajaxTestBean.changePanel111}">
<a4j:support reRender="form:PANEL111" event="onclick"/>
</a4j:commandLink>
</rich:panel>
</rich:panel>
</h:form>
Notice how the lower element needs to be identified as form:PANEL111.
Hope this helps!
reRender can point to any component outside the form as well. For example this works:
<h:form>
<a4j:commandButton reRender="panel"/>
</h:form>
<h:panelGrid id="panel">
...
</h:panelGrid>
For my MyFaces+Richfaces App, <rich:panel> tag was not working as described in the selected answer. When I changed it to <a4j:outputPanel ajaxRendered="true" />, it started working as given here "<a4j:commandLink> Not Rerendering"
Configuration: MyFaces 2.1.10(Facelets used for templating) and Richfaces 4.2.3.
Hope this will help.

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