clientid

Does JSF 2.0 have a built-in method for finding the client ID of another component? There are about a thousand client ID-related questions on SO and there are a lot of hackish methods to do this, but I'm wondering if JSF 2.0 brought a simpler method that I just don't know. #{component.clientId} evaluates to a given component's own client ID, but I want to reference another component's ID. This blog post mentions component.clientId , and it also says #{someComponent.clientId} works, but from what I can tell it does not. I believe he wrote that before any reference implementations of JSF 2.0

Is there a way to use "<%= someObject.ClientID %>" in an external javascript file? If I use the code <%= someObject.ClientID %> in a script tag inside my as(c/p)x page, it works fine. On the rendered page, the ClientID is resolved. Howvever, if I put in an external JS file and just add: It doesn't. Is there a way to do this or am I stuck with leaving that code in the as(c/p)x file? Side question -- what is the act of doing <%=... %> in your markup file called? This is totally possible. In your presentation layer (your .aspx page), create a script reference to an aspx page that contains your

In order to more understand the clientID generation in JSF (2.x), could someone explain to me when exactely does JSF generates the client ID (which lifecycle phase, build time or render time ...)? And how the client ID will be generated (if providing /not providing component ID and not, randomly or using a specific logic...) ? BalusC In order to more understand the clientID generation in JSF (2.x), could someone explain to me when exactely does JSF generates the client ID (which lifecycle phase, build time or render time ...)? It has to end up in HTML response. It's thus generated during