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Eric
Eric

Reputation: 11

Why do I get the same ID suffix for p:tab children?

I'm using Primefaces with Mojarra and have noticed that the trees under each dynamic p:tab get the same id

<p:tabView id="customerData" value="#{documentTabView.documentTabs}" var="tab" dynamic="true">  
   <p:tab title="#{tab.title}" closable="#{tab.closable}" >
      <p:panel>
         <h:outputText value="test_#{tab.title}"/>
      </p:panel>
  </p:tab>
</p:tabView>

Resulting HTML is as follows:

<div id="customerData" class="ui-tabs ui-widget ui-widget-content ui-corner-all ui-hidden-container ui-tabs-top">
   <ul class="ui-tabs-nav ui-helper-reset ui-helper-clearfix ui-widget-header ui-corner-all" role="tablist">
      <li class="ui-state-default ui-tabs-selected ui-state-active ui-corner-top" role="tab" aria-expanded="true"><a href="#customerData:0:j_idt21">all documents</a></li>
      <li class="ui-state-default ui-corner-top" role="tab" aria-expanded="false"><a href="#customerData:1:j_idt21">other documents</a><span class="ui-icon ui-icon-close"></span></li>
   </ul>
   <div class="ui-tabs-panels">
      <div id="customerData:0:j_idt21" class="ui-tabs-panel ui-widget-content ui-corner-bottom" role="tabpanel" aria-hidden="false">
         <div id="customerData:0:j_idt46" class="ui-panel ui-widget ui-widget-content ui-corner-all">
            <div id="customerData:0:j_idt46_content" class="ui-panel-content ui-widget-content">test_all documents</div>
         </div>
         <script id="customerData:0:j_idt46_s" type="text/javascript">PrimeFaces.cw('Panel','widget_customerData_0_j_idt46',{id:'customerData:0:j_idt46'});</script>
      </div>
      <div id="customerData:1:j_idt21" class="ui-tabs-panel ui-widget-content ui-corner-bottom ui-helper-hidden" role="tabpanel" aria-hidden="true"></div>
   </div>
   <input type="hidden" id="customerData_activeIndex" name="customerData_activeIndex" value="0" autocomplete="off" />
</div>

Can you please explain why same id (here j_idt21) is being used twice. I know that it is prefixed by the tab index but I would like to know if it exists a solution to force having another (and different) ids.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1168

Answers (1)

BalusC
BalusC

Reputation: 1108742

Because there's only one <p:tab> component which generates the very same piece of HTML multiple times depending on the current iteration round of <p:tabView value>.

If you're bothered about the autogenerated ID, just give <p:tab> a fixed ID.

<p:tab id="tab" ...>

If you worry about distinguishing tabs by a fixed ID in e.g. JavaScript, then just put its content in a plain HTML <div> whose id is generated based on the currently iterated item. E.g.

<p:tab ...>
    <div id="#{tab.name}">
        ...
    </div>
</p:tab>

Upvotes: 3

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