[richfaces-issues] [JBoss JIRA] Closed: (RF-6545) rich:panelMenu rich:panelMenuItem requires binding to remember selected item state

rich:panelMenu rich:panelMenuItem requires binding to remember selected item state ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Key: RF-6545 URL: https://jira.jboss.org/jira/browse/RF-6545 Project: RichFaces Issue Type: Bug Affects Versions: 3.3.0 Reporter: Mike Hanafey Assignee: Nick Belaevski Fix For: 3.3.1 In the example below, the backing bean is session, but it does nothing with the "binding" property (other than store the value). If "binding" is omitted, then the selected state of the panel menu items is not maintained, but it seems this should be part of the saved component state. Without "binding" if item "el" is clicked, the label momentarily turns purple, but when the view is restored it turns back to the plain state. When "binding" is present, each item that is clicked turns purple, and stays purple. <rich:panelMenu id="sideMenu" style="width:100%" mode="server" binding="#{MainToolBar.settingsMenu.panelMenu}" iconExpandedGroup="disc" iconCollapsedGroup="disc" iconExpandedTopGroup="chevronUp" iconGroupTopPosition="right" iconCollapsedTopGroup="chevronDown"> <rich:panelMenuItem id="el" label="Report Sections" action="#{MainToolBar.settingsMenu.actionReportSectionSettings}"/> <rich:panelMenuItem id="snl" label="A stubbed" action="#{MainToolBar.settingsMenu.actionReportSectionSettings}"/> </rich:panelMenu> The problem was traced as far as org.richfaces.renderkit.html.PanelMenuItemRenderer, where "parentMenu.getSelectedName()" always returns the empty string if "binding" is not present. public boolean isSelected(FacesContext context, UIComponent component){ UIPanelMenuItem item = (UIPanelMenuItem)component; UIPanelMenu parentMenu = findMenu(item); return item.getName().equals(parentMenu.getSelectedName()); }