PrimeFaces Tree component, setting selected node from managed bean

Question

I\'m running Primefaces 3.2 and JSF 2.0 on Glassfish 3.

I\'ve tried a lot, to programatically set the selected node from a managed bean. That includes setting the se

Answer 1

To highlight selected tree node on client side from backing bean call selectNode() method on tree widget component.

First, set widget var attribute to jsf tree component:

Than you can test it from browser console:

PrimeFaces.widgets.treeSingleWidget.selectNode($("#treeSingle\\:1"), true);

First method argument represents node jquery object which was obtained by it`s id(colon symbol must be escaped by two backslashes). If second parameter set to false then node selection event will be fired.

Finally, make javascript call from backing bean:

StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
    sb.append("PrimeFaces.widgets.treeSingleWidget.selectNode(");
    sb.append("$(\"#treeSingle\\\\:");
    sb.append(selectedNode.getRowKey());
    sb.append("\")");
    sb.append(", true)");
    RequestContext.getCurrentInstance().execute(sb.toString());

P.S. to discover component js api type in browser console

PrimeFaces.widget.VerticalTree.prototype