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A concept question. How do I initially hide (do not render) a component initially on a page?

From: Todd Patrick <Todd.Patrick_at_dtn.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2007 15:18:39 -0500

I am trying to figure out the following, which I can code - but I am unsure about the proper approach. I have a UIPanel with children on a single JSF page. What I want is to not render - UIPanel.setRendered(false) - the first time the page loads. I only want to render the UIPanel within a condition inside an Action, i.e. a user clicks on a HtmlCommandButton. So my question is what is the best way to approach this? What is the right concept? Do I have the UIPanel with children in the JSF page and set the UIPanel.setRendered(false) in the backing bean constructor? Do I have an empty UIPanel binded to a backing bean property and in Java code add the children? What is the *best* or *correct* way to approach this concept? Thanks, --Todd ----------------------------------------- NOTICE: This email message is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply email and destroy all copies of the original message.