You're reading from PrimeFaces Beginner's Guide The perfect introduction to PrimeFaces, this tutorial will take you step by step through all the great features, ranging from form-creation to sophisticated navigation systems. All you need are some basic JSF and jQuery skills.

Product type Paperback

Published in Nov 2013

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781783280698

Length 378 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

Java

Tools

Primefaces

Concepts

Front End Web Development

Author (1):

K. Siva Prasad Reddy

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Table of Contents (15) Chapters

Preface

1. Introduction to PrimeFaces FREE CHAPTER

2. Introducing Sample Application TechBuzz

3. Using PrimeFaces Common Utility Components

4. Introducing the PrimeFaces Client Side Validation Framework

5. Introducing Text Input Components

6. Working with Selection Input Components

7. Introducing Advanced Input Components

8. Working with Data Components

9. Introducing Advanced Data Visualization Components

10. Working with Layout Components

11. Introducing Navigation Components

12. Drawing Charts

13. Using PrimeFaces Themes

Index

Introducing the Panel component

Panel is a generic component that can be used to hold other JSF components. Panel component supports features such as, header, footer, toggling, closing, custom actions, and pop-up menus. Also, Panel component provides support for AJAX event listeners for toggle and close events.

Let us see how to create a basic panel component:

<p:panel header="About PrimeFaces" footer="PrimeFaces Rocks!!!">
  <p:outputLabel value="PrimeFaces is an open source JSF component suite with 100+ Components."/>
</p:panel>

The preceding Panel component will be rendered as follows: