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I want to use ui:insert/ui:define to replace some content in a template file. Inside the template file there is an include of another file and inside this file is the ui:insert
The ui:define is not working in this case. If however the code of the footer.xhtml file is included in the template.xhtml the ui:define is working fine.
Is it not possible to use ui:insert/ui:define inside an ui:include?
template.xhtml:
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"
xmlns:ui="http://java.sun.com/jsf/facelets"
xmlns:h="http://java.sun.com/jsf/html"
xmlns:f="http://java.sun.com/jsf/core"
xmlns:sec="http://www.springframework.org/security/facelets/tags"
xmlns:debug="http://XYZ/jsf/debug"
xmlns:util="http://XYZ/ibk/util"
xmlns:p="http://primefaces.org/ui">
<h:body >
<f:view>
<div id="headerWrapper">
<!-- META-NAVIGATION -->
<div id="metanavWrapper" >
<div class="ui-helper-clearfix pagewidth" >
<ui:include src="metanav.xhtml" />
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div id="contentWrapper" >
<!--div id="content" class="pagewidth"-->
<div id="content">
<div id="contentMenuLeft">
<ui:include src="navigationMenu.xhtml" />
</div>
<div id="contentDisplay">
<ui:insert name="content" />
<ui:insert name="help" />
</div>
</div>
</div>
<util:footer />
</f:view>
<ui:insert name="dialog"/>
</h:body>
</html>
--
<util:footer />
could also be written as ui:include, results in the same...
footer.xhtml:
<ui:composition xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"
xmlns:ui="http://java.sun.com/jsf/facelets"
xmlns:h="http://java.sun.com/jsf/html"
xmlns:f="http://java.sun.com/jsf/core"
xmlns:sec="http://www.springframework.org/security/facelets/tags"
xmlns:p="http://primefaces.org/ui"
>
<div id="footerWrapper">
<f:subview id="footerWrapper">
<h:panelGroup id="footer" >
<div >
<ui:insert name="replace" />
</div>
</h:panelGroup>
</f:subview>
</div>
</ui:composition>
another.xhtml: (snippet)
<ui:composition template="template.xhtml">
<ui:define name="replace">
<h:panelGroup>
<div>
<p:outputLabel value="test"/>
</div>
</h:panelGroup>
</ui:define>
</ui:composition>
978
asked Jan 26 '26 18:01
The solution is to include the footer.xhtml in the template.xhtml by
<ui:decorate template="footer.xhtml" />
Then the insert/define is working!
More info here: What is the real conceptual difference between ui:decorate and ui:include?
156
answered Jan 28 '26 10:01
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