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## 6.85. < rich:toolBarGroup >

### 6.85.1. Description

A group of items inside a tool bar.

Figure 6.282. <rich:toolbarGroup> with items on it

### 6.85.2. Key Features

- Fully skinnable with its child items

- Grouping bar content

- Easily place content on either side of tool bar using a predefined group layout

- Predefined separators for menu items and groups

- Any content inside

Table 6.473. rich : toolBarGroup attributes

Attribute Name | Description
--- | ---
binding | The attribute takes a value-binding expression for a component property of a backing bean
id | Every component may have a unique id that is automatically created if omitted
itemSeparator | A separator for the items in a group. Possible values are "none", "line", "square", "disc" and "grid" Default value is "none".
location | A location of a group on a tool bar. Possible values are "left" and "right". Default value is "left".
onclick | HTML: a script expression; a pointer button is clicked
ondblclick | HTML: a script expression; a pointer button is double-clicked
onkeydown | HTML: a script expression; a key is pressed down
onkeypress | HTML: a script expression; a key is pressed and released
onkeyup | HTML: a script expression; a key is released
onmousedown | HTML: script expression; a pointer button is pressed down
onmousemove | HTML: a script expression; a pointer is moved within
onmouseout | HTML: a script expression; a pointer is moved away
onmouseover | HTML: a script expression; a pointer is moved onto
onmouseup | HTML: script expression; a pointer button is released
rendered | If "false", this component is not rendered
separatorClass | A CSS class to be applied to tool bar group separators.
style | CSS style(s) is/are to be applied when this component is rendered
styleClass | Corresponds to the HTML class attribute

Table 6.474. Component identification parameters

Name | Value
--- | ---
component-type | org.richfaces.ToolBarGroup
component-class | org.richfaces.component.html.HtmlToolBarGroup
component-family | org.richfaces.ToolBarGroup
renderer-type | org.richfaces.ToolBarGroupRenderer
tag-class | org.richfaces.taglib.ToolBarGroupTag

### 6.85.4. Creating the Component with a Page Tag

To create the simplest variant on a page use the following syntax:

Example:

    ...

        <rich:toolBar>

            ...

            <rich:toolBarGroup>

                <!--...Set of action or other JSF components-->

            </rich:toolBarGroup>

            <rich:toolBarGroup>

                <!--...Set of action or other JSF components-->

            </rich:toolBarGroup>

            ...

        </rich:toolBar>

    ...

### 6.85.5. Creating the Component Dynamically Using Java

Example:

    import org.richfaces.component.html.HtmlToolBarGroup;

    ...

    HtmlToolBarGroup myToolBarGroup = new HtmlToolBarGroup();

    ...

### 6.85.6. Details of Usage

A toolBarGroup is a wrapper component that groups toolBar content and facilitates creation of menu and tool bars. All components defined inside are located on a stylized bar with a possibility to group, arrange on the both bar sides, and place predefined separators between them.

Separators are located between components with the help of the "itemSeparator" attribute with four predefined values:

- "none"

- "line"

- "square"

- "disc"

To control the group location inside, use the "location" attribute with "left" (DEFAULT) and "right" values.

Example:

    ...

        <rich:toolBar itemSeparator="disc" width="500">

            <rich:toolBarGroup itemSeparator="line">

                <h:commandLink value="Command 1.1"/>

                <h:commandLink value="Command 2.1"/>

            </rich:toolBarGroup>

            <rich:toolBarGroup itemSeparator="line" location="right">

                <h:commandLink value="Command 1.2"/>

                <h:commandLink value="Command 2.2"/>

            </rich:toolBarGroup>

        </rich:toolBar>

    ...

The code result is the following:

Figure 6.283. Stylized <rich:toolbarGroup> with "location" , "itemSeparator" attributes

### 6.85.7. Look-and-Feel Customization

For skinnability implementation, the components use a style class redefinition method. Default style classes are mapped on skin parameters.

There are two ways to redefine the appearance of all <rich:toolBarGroup> components at once:

- Redefine the corresponding skin parameters

- Add to your style sheets style classes used by a <rich:toolBarGroup> component

### 6.85.8. Definition of Custom Style Classes

It's possible to change styles of particular <rich:toolBarGroup> component. In this case you should create own style classes and use them in corresponding <rich:toolBarGroup> styleClass attributes. An example is placed below:

Example:

    ...

    .myClass{

            font-style: italic;

    }

    ...

The "styleClass" attribute for <rich:toolBarGroup> is defined as it's shown in the example below:

Example:

    <rich:toolBarGroup ... styleClass="myClass"/>

This is a result:

Figure 6.284. Redefinition styles with own classes and "styleClass" attributes

As it could be seen on the picture above,font style for first toolBarGroup was changed.

### 6.85.9. Relevant resources links

Some additional information about usage of component can be found here.

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