JSF h:dataTable creates single empty cell when no records

Question

Is there any way to prevent an h:datatable from creating an empty row when the backing value is empty? More specifically: I have a collection of data to be displayed in 3 co

Answer 1

Thanks for BalusC's suggestion, but I tried it, it did not work. It may be other reasons result in. I fixed BalusC's code a little, it works now:

table.locations.empty tbody td {
    border-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);
}

Answer 2

Specify a separate style for an empty table. E.g.

table.empty tbody td {
    border: 0;
}

And add it conditionally.

<h:dataTable ... styleClass="locations #{empty component.value ? 'empty' : ''}">

Answer 3

You might be able to avoid the column header disapearing if you instead wrap your method in an outputText tag

Example:

  <h:column>
    <!-- column header -->
    <f:facet name="header">Address</f:facet>
    <!-- row record -->
       <h:outputText value="#{nearestLoc.affffdress}" />
    </h:column>

This way the column itself does not depend on the values