Displaying checkboxes in SelectCheckboxMenu
SelectCheckboxMenu is a multiselect input component based on checkboxes in an overlay menu. Although it is an input component, it is presented to users as a menu so that it makes sense to handle SelectCheckboxMenu in this chapter.
In this recipe, we will implement a simple and an advanced SelectCheckboxMenu component. In the advanced case, we will learn about the built-in filtering feature. Selected items should be shown in a dialog when submitting.
How to do it...
Usage of SelectCheckboxMenu is the same as for SelectManyCheckbox. Checkbox items can be attached via several f:selectItem tags or one f:selectItems tag. In the following simple example, we will use f:selectItems to display colors:
<p:selectCheckboxMenu ...
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