A multiselect input component, SelectCheckboxMenu
is based on checkboxes in an overlay menu. Although it is an input component, it is presented to users as a menu so that it makes sense to handle selectCheckboxMenu
in this chapter.
In this recipe, we will implement a selectCheckboxMenu
component in both simple and advanced forms. In the advanced case, we will learn about the built-in filtering feature. After submitting the selected items, they will be shown in a dialog.
The usage of p:selectCheckboxMenu
is the same as the usage of p:selectManyCheckbox
. Checkbox items can be attached via several f:selectItem
tags or one f:selectItems
tag. In the following simple example, we will use f:selectItems
to display colors:
<p:selectCheckboxMenu label="Colors" value="#{checkboxMenuBean.selectedColors}"> <f:selectItems value="#{checkboxMenuBean.colors}"/> </p:selectCheckboxMenu>
The label
attribute defines text shown to the...