Oracle Fusion Middleware Tag Reference for Oracle ADF Faces
11g Release 1 (11.1.1.5.0)

E12419-07

<af:dialog>

af:dialog dialog dialog

UIComponent class: oracle.adf.view.rich.component.rich.RichDialog
Component type: oracle.adf.RichDialog

The dialog control is a layout element that displays its children inside a dialog window and delivers DialogEvents when the OK, Yes, No and Cancel actions are activated. The af:dialog must be placed inside a af:popup component and has to be the immediate child of the af:popup. To show a dialog use the af:showPopupBehavior tag or programmatically from Javascript, call show() on the popup client component. A dialog will automatically hide itself when OK, Yes or No buttons are selected provided that there are not any faces messages of severity of error or greater on the page. Selecting the Cancel button or close icon will cancel the popup and raise a popup canceled event.

Dialog Events

Client Dialog Event

When using the dialog type button configurations, action outcomes of type "ok", "yes", "no" and "cancel" can be intercepted on the client with a "dialog" type listener. Only "ok", "yes" and "no" events will be propagated to the server. The ESC key, "cancel" button and close icon queues a client dialog event with a "cancel" outcome. Dialog events with a "cancel" outcome will not be sent to the server. Propagation of dialog events to the server can be blocked, as with any RCF event, by calling cancel() on the JS event object. Use the af:clientListener with a type of dialog to listen for a dialog client event.

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<f:facet name="metaContainer">
  <f:verbatim>
    
  </f:verbatim>
</f:facet>
<af:form>
  <af:panelGroupLayout>
     <af:selectOneRadio label="Gender">
        <af:selectItem label="Male" value="M"/>
        <af:selectItem label="Female" value="F"/>
        <af:clientListener method="handleValueChange" type="valueChange"/>
        <af:clientAttribute name="popupId" value="confirmationDialog"/>
     </af:selectOneRadio>
  </af:panelGroupLayout>
  <af:popup id="confirmationDialog">
    <af:dialog title="Confirm Change" type="yesNo">
       <f:verbatim>
Would you like to save the change?</f:verbatim> <af:clientListener method="handleDialog" type="dialog"/> </af:dialog> </af:popup> </af:form>

Server Dialog Event

A dialog will hide after processing the dialog event for error free actions. If an error occurs during the server-side processing (specifically, if faces messages of error severity or greater) of the dialog event, then the dialog will not be closed.

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<af:form>
  <af:panelGroupLayout>
     <af:selectOneRadio label="Gender" binding="#{sharedPopup.genderComponent}" 
          valueChangeListener="#{sharedPopup.handleValueChange}" 
          autoSubmit="true"
          value="#{sharedPopup.gender}">
        <af:selectItem label="Male" value="M"/>
        <af:selectItem label="Female" value="F"/>
     </af:selectOneRadio>
  </af:panelGroupLayout> 
  <af:popup id="confirmationDialog" binding="#{sharedPopup.popup}">
    <af:dialog title="Confirm Change" type="yesNo" dialogListener="#{sharedPopup.handleDialog}">
       <f:verbatim>
Would you like to save the change?</f:verbatim> </af:dialog> </af:popup> </af:form> ... ... public void handleValueChange(ValueChangeEvent event) { setOldGender((String)event.getOldValue()); RichPopup popup = getPopup(); // popup binding UIComponent source = (UIComponent) event.getSource(); RichPopup.PopupHints hints = new RichPopup.PopupHints(); hints.add(RichPopup.PopupHints.HintTypes.HINT_ALIGN_ID, source) .add(RichPopup.PopupHints.HintTypes.HINT_LAUNCH_ID, source) .add(RichPopup.PopupHints.HintTypes.HINT_ALIGN, RichPopup.PopupHints.AlignTypes.ALIGN_AFTER_END); popup.show(popup); } public void handleDialog(DialogEvent event) { if (event.getOutcome().equals(DialogEvent.Outcome.no)) { setGender(getOldGender()); RequestContext.getCurrentInstance().addPartialTarget(genderComponent); } }

Using Input Components Inside a Dialog

When using input components, such as inputText, pressing the Cancel-button will not reset the values on those controls. If you open a dialog for the second time, the old values will still be there. If you want the values to match with the current values on the server, this can be accomplished by setting contentDelivery to lazyUncached on the containing popup component. The lazyUncached content delivery type will cause the content of the popup to be re-rendered but does not reset the server-side state of the component.

The dialogs cancel button, Esc key and close icon dismisses the inline popup dialog without saving any changes. However, input components having the autoSubmit property turned on, overrides the dialog's cancel behavior.

Using Custom Dialog Buttons

The af:dialog component provides a buttonBar facet that is the container to add additional command components to the dialogs footer. Custom buttons are added after pre-configured buttons. Pre-configured buttons are specified using the type property. Custom buttons will not queue the associated dialogListener but requires custom action listeners.

Using partial submit custom buttons is recommended because by default, a popup will not restore visibility after a full postback. The immediate parent (af:popup) controls this behavior. If the parent popup's autoCancel property is enabled, full submit commands will cause the popup dialog to auto-dismiss. When the autoCancel property is disabled, full submit commands will restore visibility on postback. See the af:popup tag documentation for more information on controlling aspects of auto-dismissal.

A dialog will not automatically dismiss for custom buttons. Additional logic must be added to dismiss the popup. This task is accomplished by calling on the server-side popup API.

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<af:popup >
    <af:dialog title="Confirm Change" type="none" >
       <f:verbatim>
Would you like to save the change?</f:verbatim> <f:facet name="buttonBar"> <af:panelGroupLayout layout="horizontal"> <af:commandButton text="Yes" id="yes" actionListener="#{sharedPopup.handleDialog}" partialSubmit="true"/> <af:commandButton text="No" id="no" actionListener="#{sharedPopup.handleDialog}" partialSubmit="true"/> </af:panelGroupLayout> </f:facet> </af:dialog> </af:popup> ... ... public void handleDialog(ActionEvent event) { UIComponent source = (UIComponent)event.getSource(); if (source.getId().equals("no")) { setGender(getOldGender()); RequestContext.getCurrentInstance().addPartialTarget(genderComponent); } RichPopup popup = getPopup(); // popup binding popup.hide(); }

Besides using an actionListener method expression binding of a command component to dismiss a popup by sending a script fragment to the client, another approach is to create action listeners that do the same. These action listeners can attach in a declarative fashion to command components using the f:actionListener tag.

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<af:commandButton textAndAccessKey="#{viewcontrollerBundle.SAVE_AND_CLOSE}"
                  id="saveACBtn1"
                  shortDesc="#{viewcontrollerBundle.SAVE_AND_CLOSE}"
                  immediate="false" partialSubmit="true"
                  actionListener="#{bindings.Commit.execute}"
                  text="Save and Close">
  <f:actionListener type="view.PopupDismissActionListener"/>
</af:commandButton>
<af:commandButton textAndAccessKey="#{viewcontrollerBundle.CANCEL}"
                  id="cancelBtn1"
                  shortDesc="#{viewcontrollerBundle.CANCEL}"
                  immediate="true"
                  actionListener="#{bindings.Rollback.execute}"
                  text="Cancel" partialSubmit="true">
  <f:actionListener type="view.PopupCancelActionListener"/>
</af:commandButton>
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public class PopupDismissActionListener implements ActionListener
{
  private UIComponent _findPopup(UIComponent component)
  {
    if (component == null)
      return null;

    if (component instanceof RichPopup)
      return component;

    return _findPopup(component.getParent());
  }
  private boolean _hasGlobalErrors(FacesContext context)
  {
    Iterator<FacesMessage> mi = context.getMessages(null);
    while (mi.hasNext())
    {
      FacesMessage fmsg = mi.next();
      if (fmsg.getSeverity().equals(FacesMessage.SEVERITY_ERROR) ||
          fmsg.getSeverity().equals(FacesMessage.SEVERITY_FATAL))
      {
        return true;
      }
    }
    return false;
  }
  private boolean _hasComponentErrors(FacesContext context,
                                      UIComponent component)
  {
    String clientId = component.getClientId(context);
    System.out.println(clientId);
    Iterator<FacesMessage> mi = context.getMessages(clientId);
    while (mi.hasNext())
    {
      FacesMessage fmsg = mi.next();
      if (fmsg.getSeverity().equals(FacesMessage.SEVERITY_ERROR) ||
          fmsg.getSeverity().equals(FacesMessage.SEVERITY_FATAL))
      {
        return true;
      }
    }
    for (UIComponent child: component.getChildren())
    {
      if (_hasComponentErrors(context, child))
      {
        return true;
      }
    }
    return false;
  }
  private boolean _hidePopup(FacesContext context, UIComponent popup)
  {
    return !_hasGlobalErrors(context) &&
      !_hasComponentErrors(context, popup);
  }
  public void processAction(ActionEvent event)
    throws AbortProcessingException
  {
    FacesContext context = FacesContext.getCurrentInstance();
    UIComponent source = (UIComponent) event.getSource();
    UIComponent popup = _findPopup(source);
    if (_hidePopup(context, popup))
    {
      popup.hide();
    }
    else
    {
      StringBuilder script = new StringBuilder();
      script.append("AdfPage.PAGE.showMessages();");
      ExtendedRenderKitService erks =
        Service.getService(context.getRenderKit(),
                           ExtendedRenderKitService.class);
      erks.addScript(context, script.toString());
    }
  }
}
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public class PopupCancelActionListener implements ActionListener
{
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  public void processAction(ActionEvent event)
    throws AbortProcessingException
  {
    FacesContext context = FacesContext.getCurrentInstance();
    UIComponent source = (UIComponent) event.getSource();
    UIComponent popup = _findPopup(source);
    popup.cancel();
  }
}
   

Another common misunderstanding with inline dialogs is that they do not automatically reset submitted values. If you have created custom dialog buttons and dismiss the dialog with validation errors, the previous submitted errors will be displayed on subsequent showings if the page has not be refreshed. To solve this problem use the af:resetActionListener. This listener will reset all input components within the form. To reset the input components within the popup only, consider developing a custom action listener.

<af:commandButton id="cancel" text="Cancel" immediate="true">
  <f:actionListener type="view.ResetPopupActionListener"/>
</af:commandButton>
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public class ResetPopupActionListener
  implements ActionListener
{
  private UIComponent _findPopup(UIComponent component)
  {
    if (component == null)
      return null;

    if (component instanceof RichPopup)
      return component;

    return _findPopup(component.getParent());
  }
  public void processAction(ActionEvent event)
    throws AbortProcessingException
  {
    UIComponent source = (UIComponent) event.getSource();
    UIComponent popup = _findPopup(source);
    _resetChildren(popup);

  }
  private void _resetChildren(UIComponent comp)
  {
    Iterator<UIComponent> kids = comp.getFacetsAndChildren();

    while (kids.hasNext())
    {
      UIComponent kid = kids.next();

      if (kid instanceof UIXEditableValue)
      {
        ((UIXEditableValue) kid).resetValue();
        RequestContext.getCurrentInstance().addPartialTarget(kid);
      }
      else if (kid instanceof EditableValueHolder)
      {
        _resetEditableValueHolder((EditableValueHolder) kid);
        RequestContext.getCurrentInstance().addPartialTarget(kid);
      }
      else if (kid instanceof UIXCollection)
      {
        ((UIXCollection) kid).resetStampState();
        RequestContext.getCurrentInstance().addPartialTarget(kid);
      }

      _resetChildren(kid);
    }
  }
  private void _resetEditableValueHolder(EditableValueHolder evh)
  {
    evh.setValue(null);
    evh.setSubmittedValue(null);
    evh.setLocalValueSet(false);
    evh.setValid(true);
  }
}
   

Another common misunderstanding with custom cancel dialog buttons is they it will not discard values like the pre-configured cancel button using the dialog's type property. This is because the pre-configured cancel button doesn't send a dialog event to the server so the input values contained within the dialogs content will not be applied. A custom cancel button should have the immediate property set to true or programmatically discard any unwanted state applied to the model.

Understanding Cancel/Close Dismissal

The dialog's cancel button, Esc key, and close icon all raise a client only dialog event with a "cancel" outcome. A dialogListener will not be notified when the dialog is dismissed using these two commands. However, these commands translate into a popup-canceled event of the owning inline popup component. Server-side listeners can be registered with the parent af:popup component and will be invoked when the dialog is dismissed using a closed dialog event outcome. See af:popup for more information on cancel dismissal.

Geometry Management

Code Example(s)

<af:popup>
  <af:dialog modal="true">
    <af:panelGroupLayout>
    <af:selectManyListbox value="bean">
      <af:selectItem label="coffee" value="bean" shortDesc="Coffee from Kona"/>
      <f:selectItem itemLabel="tea" itemValue="leaf" itemDescription="Tea from China"/>
      <af:selectItem disabled="true" label="orange juice" value="orange"/>
      <f:selectItem itemDisabled="true" itemLabel="wine" itemValue="grape"/>
      <af:selectItem label="milk" value="moo"/>
    </af:selectManyListbox>
    </af:panelGroupLayout>
  </af:dialog>
</af:popup>
   

Events

Type Phases Description
oracle.adf.view.rich.event.DialogEvent Invoke Application The dialog event is delivered when a dialog is triggered.
org.apache.myfaces.trinidad.event.AttributeChangeEvent Invoke Application,
Apply Request Values
Event delivered to describe an attribute change. Attribute change events are not delivered for any programmatic change to a property. They are only delivered when a renderer changes a property without the application's specific request. An example of an attribute change events might include the width of a column that supported client-side resizing.

Supported Facets

Name Description
buttonBar A panel containing custom buttons.

Attributes

Name Type Supports EL? Description
affirmativeTextAndAccessKey String Yes An attribute that simultaneously sets the textual label of the ok and yes footer buttons as well as the an optional accessKey character used to gain quick access to the button. The accessKey is identified using conventional ampersand ('&') notation.

For example, setting this attribute to "T&amp;ext" will set the textual label to "Text" and the accessKey to 'e'.

For accessibility reasons, the access key functionality is not supported in screen reader mode.

If the same accessKey appears in multiple locations in the same page of output, the rendering user agent will cycle among the elements accessed by the similar keys.

This accessKey is sometimes referred to as the "mnemonic".

Note that the accessKey is triggered by browser-specific and platform-specific modifier keys. It even has browser-specific meaning. For example, Internet Explorer 7.0 will set focus when you press Alt+<accessKey>. Firefox 2.0 on some operating systems you press Alt+Shift+<accessKey>. Firefox 2.0 on other operating systems you press Control+<accessKey>. Refer to your browser's documentation for how it treats accessKey.

attributeChangeListener javax.el.MethodExpression Only EL a method reference to an attribute change listener. Attribute change events are not delivered for any programmatic change to a property. They are only delivered when a renderer changes a property without the application's specific request. An example of an attribute change events might include the width of a column that supported client-side resizing.
binding oracle.adf.view.rich.component.rich.RichDialog Only EL an EL reference that will store the component instance on a bean. This can be used to give programmatic access to a component from a backing bean, or to move creation of the component to a backing bean.
cancelTextAndAccessKey String Yes An attribute that simultaneously sets the textual label of the cancel footer button as well as the an optional accessKey character used to gain quick access to the button. The accessKey is identified using conventional ampersand ('&') notation.

For example, setting this attribute to "T&amp;ext" will set the textual label to "Text" and the accessKey to 'e'.

For accessibility reasons, the access key functionality is not supported in screen reader mode.

If the same accessKey appears in multiple locations in the same page of output, the rendering user agent will cycle among the elements accessed by the similar keys.

This accessKey is sometimes referred to as the "mnemonic".

Note that the accessKey is triggered by browser-specific and platform-specific modifier keys. It even has browser-specific meaning. For example, Internet Explorer 7.0 will set focus when you press Alt+<accessKey>. Firefox 2.0 on some operating systems you press Alt+Shift+<accessKey>. Firefox 2.0 on other operating systems you press Control+<accessKey>. Refer to your browser's documentation for how it treats accessKey.

cancelVisible boolean Yes Default Value: true

the value that specifies if the Cancel button is visible. It will be ignored when the type attribute value is not equal to "okCancel".
clientComponent boolean Yes Default Value: false

whether a client-side component will be generated. A component may be generated whether or not this flag is set, but if client Javascript requires the component object, this must be set to true to guarantee the component's presence. Client component objects that are generated today by default may not be present in the future; setting this flag is the only way to guarantee a component's presence, and clients cannot rely on implicit behavior. However, there is a performance cost to setting this flag, so clients should avoid turning on client components unless absolutely necessary.
closeIconVisible boolean Yes Default Value: true

whether the close icon is visible.
contentHeight int Yes the height of the content area of the dialog in pixels.
contentWidth int Yes the width of the content area of the dialog in pixels.
customizationId String Yes This attribute is deprecated. The 'id' attribute should be used when applying persistent customizations. This attribute will be removed in the next release.
dialogListener javax.el.MethodExpression Only EL a method reference to a dialog listener method
helpTopicId String Yes the id used to look up a topic in a helpProvider. If provided, a help icon will appear in the title bar.
id String No the identifier for the component. The identifier must follow a subset of the syntax allowed in HTML:
  • Must not be a zero-length String.
  • First character must be an ASCII letter (A-Za-z) or an underscore ('_').
  • Subsequent characters must be an ASCII letter or digit (A-Za-z0-9), an underscore ('_'), or a dash ('-').
inlineStyle String Yes the CSS styles to use for this component. This is intended for basic style changes. The inlineStyle is a set of CSS styles that are applied to the root DOM element of the component. If the inlineStyle's CSS properties do not affect the DOM element you want affected, then you will have to create a skin and use the skinning keys which are meant to target particular DOM elements, like ::label or ::icon-style.
modal boolean Yes Default Value: true

if the dialog is modal; by default, true. A modal dialog does not allow the user to make changes on the base page until the dialog is closed. A non-modal dialog will allow the user to make changes on the base page; if the user navigates away from the base page, the dialog will close.
noTextAndAccessKey String Yes An attribute that simultaneously sets the textual label of the no footer button as well as the an optional accessKey character used to gain quick access to the button. The accessKey is identified using conventional ampersand ('&') notation.

For example, setting this attribute to "T&amp;ext" will set the textual label to "Text" and the accessKey to 'e'.

For accessibility reasons, the access key functionality is not supported in screen reader mode.

If the same accessKey appears in multiple locations in the same page of output, the rendering user agent will cycle among the elements accessed by the similar keys.

This accessKey is sometimes referred to as the "mnemonic".

Note that the accessKey is triggered by browser-specific and platform-specific modifier keys. It even has browser-specific meaning. For example, Internet Explorer 7.0 will set focus when you press Alt+<accessKey>. Firefox 2.0 on some operating systems you press Alt+Shift+<accessKey>. Firefox 2.0 on other operating systems you press Control+<accessKey>. Refer to your browser's documentation for how it treats accessKey.

okVisible boolean Yes Default Value: true

the value that specifies if the OK button is visible. It will be ignored when the type attribute value is not equal to "okCancel".
partialTriggers String[] Yes the IDs of the components that should trigger a partial update. This component will listen on the trigger components. If one of the trigger components receives an event that will cause it to update in some way, this component will request to be updated too. Identifiers are relative to the source component (this component), and must account for NamingContainers. If your component is already inside of a naming container, you can use a single colon to start the search from the root of the page, or multiple colons to move up through the NamingContainers - "::" will pop out of the component's naming container (or itself if the component is a naming container) and begin the search from there, ":::" will pop out of two naming containers (including itself if the component is a naming container) and begin the search from there, etc.
rendered boolean Yes Default Value: true

whether the component is rendered. When set to false, no output will be delivered for this component (the component will not in any way be rendered, and cannot be made visible on the client). If you want to change a component's rendered attribute from false to true using PPR, set the partialTrigger attribute of its parent component so the parent refreshes and in turn will render this component.
resize String Yes Valid Values: off, on
Default Value: off

The dialog's resizing behavior. Acceptable values include:
  • "off": the dialog automatically sizes to its content if stretchChildren is "none".
  • "on": user can resize the dialog with their mouse by dragging any of the dialog edges.
shortDesc String Yes the short description of the component. This text is commonly used by user agents to display tooltip help text, in which case the behavior for the tooltip is controlled by the user agent, e.g. Firefox 2 truncates long tooltips. For form components, the shortDesc is displayed in a note window. For components that support the helpTopicId attribute it is recommended that helpTopicId is used as it is more flexible and is more accessibility-compliant.
stretchChildren String Yes Valid Values: none, first
Default Value: none

The stretching behavior for children. Acceptable values include:
  • "none": does not attempt to stretch any children (the default value and the value you need to use if you have more than a single child; also the value you need to use if the child does not support being stretched)
  • "first": stretches the first child (not to be used if you have multiple children as such usage will produce unreliable results; also not to be used if the child does not support being stretched)
styleClass String Yes a CSS style class to use for this component. The style class can be defined in your jspx page or in a skinning CSS file, for example, or you can use one of our public style classes, like 'AFInstructionText'.
title String Yes the title of the window.
titleIconSource String Yes the URI specifying the location of the title icon source. The title icon will typically be displayed in the top left corner of the window
type String Yes Valid Values: none, ok, cancel, yesNo, okCancel, yesNoCancel
Default Value: okCancel

the buttons in the dialog. For example, value yesNoCancel means there will be "Yes", "No" and "Cancel" buttons in the dialog.
unsecure java.util.Set Yes A whitespace separated list of attributes whose values ordinarily can be set only on the server, but need to be settable on the client. Currently, this is supported only for the "disabled" attribute.
visible boolean Yes Default Value: true

the visibility of the component. If it is "false", the component will be hidden on the client. Unlike "rendered", this does not affect the lifecycle on the server - the component may have its bindings executed, etc. - and the visibility of the component can be toggled on and off on the client, or toggled with PPR. When "rendered" is false, the component will not in any way be rendered, and cannot be made visible on the client. In most cases, use the "rendered" property instead of the "visible" property.
Not supported on the following renderkits: org.apache.myfaces.trinidad.core