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Is there a way to tell JSF that it should NOT render a <table> element when using <h:selectOneRadio>? I don't use tables and it makes absolutely no sense in this case.
Any help is appreciated!
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group attributeAs per JSF spec issue 329 I have added a new group attribute to <h:selectOneRadio> which should make this all much less tedious. All radio button components having the same group value within a parent UIForm will be grouped with each other. Also they won't render any markup besides the radio button itself and the optional label if the select item has a non-null label. If any, the label appears directly after the radio button.
<!-- Just markup them the way you want! --> <ul> <ui:repeat id="items" value="#{bean.items}" var="item"> <li> <h:selectOneRadio group="foo" value="#{bean.selectedItem}"> <f:selectItem itemValue="#{item}" /> </h:selectOneRadio> </li> </ui:repeat> </ul> Following scenarios are also possible. When there are multiple components with same group, and the value attribute and/or UISelectItem child is absent, then it will reference those of the first component of the group.
<h:selectOneRadio group="foo" value="#{bean.selectedItem}"> <f:selectItems value="#{bean.availableItems}" /> </h:selectOneRadio> <h:selectOneRadio group="foo" /> <h:selectOneRadio group="foo" /> <h:selectOneRadio group="foo" value="#{bean.selectedItem}"> <f:selectItem itemValue="one" /> <f:selectItem itemValue="two" /> <f:selectItem itemValue="three" /> </h:selectOneRadio> <h:selectOneRadio group="foo" /> <h:selectOneRadio group="foo" /> <h:selectOneRadio group="foo" value="#{bean.selectedItem}"> <f:selectItem itemValue="one" /> </h:selectOneRadio> <h:selectOneRadio group="foo"> <f:selectItem itemValue="two" /> </h:selectOneRadio> <h:selectOneRadio group="foo"> <f:selectItem itemValue="three" /> </h:selectOneRadio> <h:selectOneRadio group="foo" value="#{bean.selectedItem}"> <f:selectItem itemValue="one" /> </h:selectOneRadio> <h:selectOneRadio group="foo" value="#{otherBean.selectedItem}"> <f:selectItem itemValue="two" /> </h:selectOneRadio> <h:selectOneRadio group="foo" value="#{lastBean.selectedItem}"> <f:selectItem itemValue="three" /> </h:selectOneRadio> It will be available in Mojarra as per 2.3.0-m07.
If you're on JSF 2.2 already, make use of its new passthrough elements/attribtues feature whereby you explicitly set the name attribute as a passthrough attribute. In order to set the submitted value in the model, you only need an additional <h:inputHidden>.
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xmlns:jsf="http://xmlns.jcp.org/jsf" xmlns:ui="http://xmlns.jcp.org/jsf/facelets" xmlns:a="http://xmlns.jcp.org/jsf/passthrough"> ... <!-- Just markup them the way you want! --> <ul> <ui:repeat id="items" value="#{bean.items}" var="item"> <li> <input type="radio" jsf:id="item" a:name="#{hiddenItem.clientId}" value="#{item}" a:checked="#{item eq bean.selectedItem ? 'checked' : null}" /> <h:outputLabel for="item" value="#{item}" /> </li> </ui:repeat> </ul> <!-- This one won't display anything. --> <h:inputHidden id="selectedItem" binding="#{hiddenItem}" value="#{bean.selectedItem}" rendered="#{facesContext.currentPhaseId.ordinal ne 6}" /> In depth technical explanation can be found in this blog: Custom layout with h:selectOneRadio in JSF 2.2.
If you happen to use PrimeFaces, then you can also use <p:selectOneRadio layout="custom"> with <p:radioButton>.
<html ... xmlns:p="http://primefaces.org/ui"> <!-- This one won't display anything. --> <p:selectOneRadio id="foo" value="#{bean.selectedFoo}" layout="custom"> <f:selectItems value="#{bean.availableFoos}" /> </p:selectOneRadio> <!-- Just markup them the way you want! --> <ul> <li><p:radioButton for="foo" itemIndex="0" /></li> <li><p:radioButton for="foo" itemIndex="1" /></li> <li><p:radioButton for="foo" itemIndex="2" /></li> </ul> You can also loop over the available items, you only need to do it during view build time:
<ul> <c:forEach items="#{bean.availableFoos}" varStatus="loop"> <li><p:radioButton for="foo" itemIndex="#{loop.index}" /></li> </c:forEach> </ul> If you're not on JSF 2.2 yet or if you don't like PrimeFaces UI, grab Tomahawk's <t:selectOneRadio> which renders the same plain HTML output as <h:selectOneRadio>, but supports a layout="spread" attribute so that you can position the items by <t:radio> the way you want.
E.g.
<html ... xmlns:t="http://myfaces.apache.org/tomahawk"> <!-- This one won't display anything. --> <t:selectOneRadio id="foo" value="#{bean.selectedFoo}" layout="spread"> <f:selectItems value="#{bean.availableFoos}" /> </t:selectOneRadio> <!-- Just markup them the way you want! --> <ul> <li><t:radio for="foo" index="0" /></li> <li><t:radio for="foo" index="1" /></li> <li><t:radio for="foo" index="2" /></li> </ul> Supply a custom Renderer. It's only a bit of work. Start at the first "See also" link shown below:
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