A tiered menu displays nested submenus as overlays. A tiered menu features the same common behaviors as every PrimeFaces menu—it consists of (nested) submenus and menu items that can be built declaratively or programmatically by modeling. The main difference from the default menu described in the Statically and dynamically positioned menus recipe of this chapter is the part about displaying with overlays. The positioning of the tiered menu is static by default, but it can also be positioned relative to a trigger that shows the menu.

In this recipe, we will develop static and dynamic tiered menus. A dynamic tiered menu will be shown after a click on a button acting as the trigger. Furthermore, you will learn about the autodisplay feature.