Question

Can I exclude a specific id from update=":myComponent"?

I have a larger page (with several tables, input fields and so on) which is wrapped in a <p:panel id="outerPanel">. Most of the time, I just execute update=":outerPanel", which works quite fine. But now I’m facing a problem that I have to update the page except for ONE table.

How can I exclude that table (or any component in general) from an update process?

Answer 1

If the ID not to refresh can be identified by some logic (i.e.:

if(myVar==1) { idToExclue = 'id1';}
else // ... etc

Then you can try building a JSF call using the jsf.util.chain: (Note this uses Mojarra JSF impl.)

function myJsfSubmit(callerElement) {
  var myIdsToSubmit = 'main-form:id-to-refresh-1 main-form:id-to-refresh-2';
  // put your logic to exclude the desired ID here
  // ...
  // then
  jsf.util.chain(callerElement,null,'mojarra.ab(this,event,\'action\',
      \'main-form:id_to-submit\',\'+ myIdsToSubmit +\')');
  return false;
  }

And use that above function on the onClick() or onSubmit() of your form or component:

<h:commandButton onclick="myJsfSubmit(this)" />