Understanding the MasterDetail component and its various features

The MasterDetail component allows us to group data contents into multiple levels and save the web page space for the remaining important areas of the application. The grouped data is maintained in a hierarchical manner and can be navigated through flexible built-in breadcrumbs or command components to go forward and backward in the web interface.

Each level in the content flow is represented by a MasterDetailLevel component. This component will hold the PrimeFaces/JSF data iterative or form components inside the grouping components. You can also switch between levels with the help of the SelectDetailLevel handler, which is based on Ajax, and dynamically load the levels through Ajax behavior. The SelectDetailLevel handler can be attached to the ajaxified PrimeFaces components and standard JSF components. These components also support the header and footer facets.

The following list of components can be used with the SelectDetailLevel...