May 2015
Beginner to intermediate
412 pages
8h 44m
English
Multi-theme web applications require a theme switcher component. The default PrimeFaces' theme switcher is a component which enables switching themes on the fly, without sending an AJAX or a full-page request. We speak about a stateless theme switcher because the current selected theme is only known on the client side. Users also often need a stateful theme switcher to save the chosen theme on the server side in user preferences or settings.
In this recipe, we will show the usage of a stateless theme switcher and implement a stateful theme switcher, which is able to save the current selected theme on the server side.
The theme switcher usage is very similar to the usage of p:selectOneMenu. The ...
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