Datatable as master, dialog as details - primefaces

Question

I'm trying to get that code working:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<ui:composition xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"
xmlns:ui="http://java.sun.com/jsf/facelets"
xmlns:f="http://java.sun.com/jsf/core"
xmlns:h="http://java.sun.com/jsf/html"
xmlns:p="http://primefaces.org/ui"
template="/templates/default.xhtml">
<ui:define name="content">
<h:form id="form">
<p:dataTable id="clienti" var="c" value="#{clientiController.clienti}" rowKey="#{c.id}">
<p:column headerText="Ragione sociale">
<h:outputText value="#{c.ragioneSociale}" />
</p:column>
<p:column headerText="Codice fiscale">
<h:outputText value="#{c.codiceFiscale}" />
</p:column>
<p:column style="width:4%">
<p:commandButton
update=":formDialog:clienteEditDialogTable"
oncomplete="clienteEditDialog.show()"
value="Modifica"
title="Modifica">
<f:setPropertyActionListener value="#{c}" target="#{clientiController.clienteSelezionato}" />
</p:commandButton>
</p:column>
</p:dataTable>
<p:commandButton value="Aggiorna" actionListener="#{clientiController.aggiorna}" update=":form:clienti" icon="ui-icon-arrowrefresh-1-n" />
<p:commandButton value="Nuovo Cliente" actionListener="#{clientiController.nuovo}" update=":formDialog:clienteEditDialogTable" oncomplete="clienteEditDialog.show()" />
</h:form>
<p:dialog
header="Modifica Cliente"
widgetVar="clienteEditDialog"
id="clienteEditDialog"
showEffect="fade"
hideEffect="explode"
closable="true"
modal="true"
appendToBody="true">
<h:form id="formDialog">
<h:panelGrid id="clienteEditDialogTable" columns="2" cellpadding="10" style="margin:0 auto;">
<p:outputLabel for="fieldNome" value="Ragione Sociale:" />
<p:inputText id="fieldNome" value="#{clientiController.clienteSelezionato.ragioneSociale}" />
<p:outputLabel for="fieldCodice" value="Codice:" />
<p:inputText id="fieldCodice" value="#{clientiController.clienteSelezionato.codiceFiscale}" required="true" requiredMessage="Codice fiscale obbligatorio" />
</h:panelGrid>
<p:commandButton
value="Conferma modifiche"
actionListener="#{clientiController.modifica}"
update=":form:clienti"
oncomplete="clienteEditDialog.hide()"
rendered="#{clientiController.clienteSelezionato.id!=null}" />
<p:commandButton
value="Conferma nuovo cliente"
actionListener="#{clientiController.crea}"
update=":form:clienti"
oncomplete="clienteEditDialog.hide()"
rendered="#{clientiController.clienteSelezionato.id==null}" />
</h:form>
</p:dialog>
</ui:define>
</ui:composition>
By clicking on "Nuovo Cliente" I get a javascript console error:
TypeError: 'undefined' is not a function (evaluating
'clienteEditDialog.show()')
It's a naming container misunderstanding of course.
Can you help me give the right ids?

Answer 1

In older primefaces version one could not assign the same name for widgetVar and id of a p:dialog
Try changing id="clienteEditDialog" into id="clienteEditDialogId"

Answer 2

You are referencing clienteEditDialogTable from different naming container. Actual id is
:formDialog:clienteEditDialogTable, so try with it. Id can be different but I can tell you more after you give the template source code.