Primefaces datatable with checkbox selection ONLY

Question

In my project, I use datatable with so that the entries can be multiple selected using the checkboxes.

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Answer 1

Put this in your page, might help stopping selection when you click a row.

$(document).ready(
    function() {
        $("tr td").click(function(event) {
            if (!$(this).find("div").hasClass("ui-chkbox") 
                  || $(this).find("div").find("div").hasClass("ui-state-disabled")
                  || this == event.target) {
                event.stopPropagation();
        }
    });
});

The last condition (this == event.target) is needed when clicking the checkbox column itself outside of the checkbox.

Answer 2

According to this feature request, this feature is now supported in Primefaces versions 5.0.3 & 5.1 by simply adding rowSelectMode="checkbox" to the datatable.

Documentation reference (PF 5.1):

Use rowSelectMode option to customize the default behavior on row click of a multiple selection enabled datatable. Default value is "new" that clears previous selections, "add" mode keeps previous selections same as selecting a row with mouse click when metakey is on and "checkbox" mode allows row selection with checkboxes only.