facet rich:togglePanel HtmltogglePanel

Component identification parameters

Name | Value
--- | ---
component-type | org.richfaces.TogglePanel
component-class | org.richfaces.component.html.HtmlTogglePanel
component-family | org.richfaces.TogglePanel
renderer-type | org.richfaces.TogglePanelRenderer
tag-class | org.richfaces.Taglib.togglePanelTag

## Creating the Component with a Page Tag

Here is a simple example as it could be used in a page:

Example:

    ...
        <rich:togglePanel>
            <f:facet name="first">
                ...
            </f:facet>
            <f:facet name="second">
                ...
            </f:facet>
                ...
        </rich:togglePanel>
        ...
        <!--//Set of the toggleControls somewhere on a page.-->
    ...

## Creating the Component Dynamically Using Java

Example:

    import org.richfaces.component.html.HtmltogglePanel;
    ...
    HtmltogglePanel myPanel = new HtmltogglePanel();
    ...

## Details of Usage

As it was mentioned above, togglePanel splits content into named facets that become rendered and processed when a click performed on controls linked to this togglePanel (either switched on the client or send requests on the server for switching).

The initial component state is defined with "initialState" attribute, where a facet name that is shown at first is defined.

Note:

It's also possible to define an "empty" facet to implement the functionality as drop-down panels have and make the facet active when no content is required to be rendered.

Switching mode could be defined with the "switchType" attribute with three possible parameters:

- `Server` (DEFAULT)

  The common submission is performed around togglePanel and a page is completely rendered on a called panel. Only one at a time the panel is uploaded onto the client side.

- `Ajax`

  AJAX form submission is performed around the panel, content of the called panel is uploaded on an Ajax request . Only one at a time the panel is uploaded on the client side.

- `Client`

  All panels are uploaded on the client side. The switching from the active to the hidden panel is performed with client JavaScript.

"Facets" switching order could be defined on the side of <rich:toggleControl> component or on the panel. On the side of the togglePanel it's possible to define facets switching order with the "stateOrder" attribute. The facets names are enumerated in such an order that they are rendered when a control is clicked, as it's not defined where to switch beforehand.

Example:

    ...
        <rich:togglePanel id="panel" initialState="panelB" switchType="client"
                            stateOrder="panelA,panelB,panelC">
            <f:facet name="panelA">
                ...
            </f:facet>
            <f:facet name="panelB">
                ...
            </f:facet>
            <f:facet name="panelC">
                ...
            </f:facet>
        </rich:togglePanel>
        <rich:toggleControl for="panel" value="Switch"/>
    ...

The example shows a togglePanel initial state when the second facet (`panelB`) is rendered and successive switching from the first to the second happens.

The "label" attribute is a generic attribute. The "label" attribute provides an association between a component, and the message that the component (indirectly) produced. This attribute defines the parameters of localized error and informational messages that occur as a result of conversion, validation, or other application actions during the request processing lifecycle. With the help of this attribute you can replace the last parameter substitution token shown in the messages. For example, {1} for `"DoubleRangeValidator.MAXIMUM"`, {2} for `"ShortConverter.SHORT"`.

## Look-and-Feel Customization

The component doesn't have its own representation rendering only content of its facets, thus all look and feel is set only for content.

## Definition of Custom Style Classes

Classes names that define a component appearance

Class name | Description
--- | ---
rich-toggle-panel | Defines styles for all component
rich-tglctrl | Defines styles for a toggle control

In order to redefine styles for all <rich:togglePanel> components on a page using CSS, it's enough to create classes with the same names (possible classes could be found in the tables above) and define necessary properties in them.

Example:

    ...
    .rich-toggle-panel{
        font-style:italic;
    }
    ...

This is a result:

Redefinition styles with predefined classes

In the example the font style for output text was changed.

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

Example:

    ...
    .myClass{
        background-color:#bed6f8;
    }
    ...

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

Example:

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

This is a result:

Redefinition styles with own classes and "styleClass" attributes

As it could be seen on the picture above, background color for panel was changed.

## Relevant Resources Links

On the component LiveDemo page you can see the example of <rich:togglePanel> usage and sources for the given example.