About Table and its Named Children

Note: For layouts requiring a table-like appearance, consider using tableLayout instead.

The main table components used to display tabular data are table and column. A data table is created by a series of column elements as indexed children of table. By themselves, table and column do not display anything visible until data is configured or "stamped" in the table.

Table with 3 columns and 6 rows

Table component attributes

The attributes you can set for table are:

alternateText - Specifies the text to display inside an empty table.
allDetailsEnabled - Specifies a boolean value that determines whether to provide Show All Details and Hide All Details links above the table rows. These links allow the user to show/hide all detail areas.
blockSize - Specifies the number of rows to display in the table at each time.
columnFormats - Specifies the data source to bind to for the formatting information of each column in the table. This complex attribute may be databound using EL expression. This complex attribute has no effect if the columnFormat attribute of a column component is specified.
columnHeaderData - Specifies the data source to bind to for the column headers. This complex attribute may be databound using an EL syntax expression. This complex attribute has no effect if the columnHeaderData attribute of a column component is specified.
columnHeaderFormats - Specifies the data source to bind to for the formatting information of each column header in the table. This complex attribute may be databound using an EL syntax expression. This complex attribute has no effect if the columnHeaderFormat attribute of a column component is specified.
destination - Specifies the base destination for all links generated by the table.
detailDisclosure - Specifies the disclosed state of each cell in the "Details" column. This complex attribute defines the data source to bind to for the list of detail rows currently disclosed. This complex attribute may be databound using an EL syntax expression.
formSubmitted - Specifies a boolean value that determines whether form submission will be used in the links generated by the table navigation bar.
inlineStyle - Specifies the inline CSS style to use.
maxValue - Specifies the last possible row in the data set displayed.
minValue - Specifies the first possible row in the data set displayed.
nameTransformed - Specifies a boolean value that determines whether name transformation should be turned on or off when rendering form controls in editable table cells..
partialRenderMode - Specifies the type of partial page rendering (PPR) behavior. Available values are none, self, multiple. By default PPR support is disabled (i.e., partialRenderMode is set to none). If partialRenderMode is set to 'self' or 'multiple', then PPR is used to optimize actions such as table navigation, column sorting, and detail-disclosure. If set to 'multiple', then you must also set the partialTargets attribute. For PPR to work properly, the table component ID must be set. If the client does not support PPR, then full page rendering will be used.
partialTargets - Specifies the list of partial target nodes to render when partialRenderMode is set to multiple. The ID of the table component is automatically included in the partialTargets list.
proxied - Specifies a boolean value that determines whether table operations can be performed using JavaScript on the client-side. If set to true, JavaScript proxy code (TableProxy JavaScript object) is included in the table when rendering on the client.
rowFormats - Specifies the data source to bind to for the formatting information of each row in the table. This complex attribute may be databound using an EL syntax expression.
rowHeaderData - Specifies the data source to bind to for the labels of each data row. This complex attribute may be databound using an EL syntax expression.
rowHeaderFormats - Specifies the data source to bind to for the formatting information of each data row header. This complex attribute may be databound using an EL syntax expression.
showAll - Specifies a value that determines whether a "Show All" option is to be displayed in the record navigation bar. This is only used if maxValue is set. If the number of row blocks is too large, this is automatically disabled. Supported values are yes and no only.
summary - Specifies a summary of the purpose and structure of the table for non-visual user clients.
tableData - Specifies the data source to bind to for this table. This complex attribute may be databound using an EL syntax expression, for example, ${uix.data.demoTableData.demoRowData}. This complex attribute is not available if the model attribute is specified.
tableFormat - Specifies the formatting data for the entire table. This complex attribute may be databound using an EL syntax expression. The table formats allowed are:
- bandingInterval - Specifies the number of rows or columns in each banding group.
- tableBanding - Specifies the banding strategy used for the table. The values supported are:
  - noBanding - Default. No banding is used in the table.
  - columnBanding - The columns are alternately banded.
  - rowBanding - The rows are alternately banded.
unvalidated - Specifies a boolean value that determines whether to validate before any form submits generated by the table. Used only when formSubmitted is true.
value - Specifies the first currently visible row in the data set that is displayed. This attribute is required if the table has navigation bars.
width - Specifies the width of the table. Set the table width attribute in pixels or as a percentage of the parent element. If the value is not large enough to accommodate the table content, ADF UIX overrides the width attribute at display time and uses the minimum amount of space to display all the content.
model - Specifies an EL syntax expression that resolves to an ADF Data Control. When this attribute is set, various attributes from the data control are set automatically on the table. These attributes are identified in the Property Inspector as [Set by model] in the right column. When you use the Data Control palette to create your table, the id and model attributes are automatically set, for example, <table model="${bindings.EmpView2}" id="EmpView20"> .
id - Specifies the table identity in client-to-client or client-to-server events. Use in place of the name attribute, which has been deprecated. This attribute is automatically set when you use the Data Control palette to create your table.

For more details about ADF bindings and the Data Control Palette, see:

Table named children

The table component supports the following named children:

columnHeaderStamp - Use the columnHeaderStamp named child to specify the node that renders a label for each column. The data for the header is set using the columnHeaderData property of a DataObjectList.
detail - Use the detail named child to specify the node to stamp below each row that is disclosed. When the detail named child is specified, ADF UIX automatically renders an additional column with the heading "Details" and a hideShow component in each cell of that column.
footer - Use the footer named child to present a summary of the data at the bottom of the table. You can insert any component in the footer, but the preferred components to insert are addTableRow and totalRow. Note: ColumnFooter has been deprecated.
rowHeaderStamp - Use the rowHeaderStamp to specify the node that renders a label for each data row. The data for the row header is set using the rowHeaderData property of a DataObjectList.
tableActions - Use this child to insert a component for performing actions on the table that are independent of row selection. The inserted child component displays above the column header. The preferred component you can insert are button, messageChoice, pageButtonbar, or submitButton.
tableSelection - Use this child to insert a selection column in the table for selecting one or more rows. Either radio buttons (single selection) or checkboxes (multiple selection) may be used.

Tip: Use the column component to encapsulate all the information that describes a table column into one entity instead of using a number of column attributes set globally on the table. When column indexed children are specified, they override any values for column formats and stamps specified on table.