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Generating Horizontal Menu in JSF using h:dataTable

 
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I have to populate the menu dynamically from the database in JSF

am able populate the menus using the following code

<h:dataTable id="menu" value="#{menu.list}" var="item">

<h:column>

<h:outputText value="#{item.name}"/>

</h:column>

</h:dataTable>

but which renders like this

Menu1

Menu2

Menu3...



but I want to display these menu in horizontal like



Menu1 Menu2 Menu3

Can you please suggest me on this?

Is it possible in h:dataTable
 
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Hi,
That cannot be done using datatable.If needed i can be done using jstl tag
by using html tags in between jstl tags...

thanks
 
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A better approach is to use the JSCookMenu JSF control available with the MyFaces Tomahawk library.
 
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As a matter of fact, it can be done. You have to use dataList instead of dataTable. Assuming you have list in A,B,C..

dataTable will print list in:
A
B
C

where as dataList will print in A B C D ...




I hope this is what you are looking for.
 
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There is also another way. You can define columnClasses and rowClasses to the datatable. This makes it posible to use CSS and position your elements anywhere you like on the page.
 
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