The document contains tables summarizing the core tags, HTML tags, attributes, and other elements of JavaServer Faces (JSF), a Java EE framework for building web applications. It describes tags like f:view, f:facet, h:form, h:inputText, and their attributes. It also provides examples of how to use various tags to generate different HTML form controls and layouts.

1. http://www.exadel.com/tutorial/jsf/jsftags-guide.html
http://horstmann.com/corejsf/jsf-tags.html#Table4_8
Table 4–1 JSF Core Tags
Tag Description
f:view Creates the top-level view
f:subview Creates a subview of a view
f:facet Adds a facet to a component
f:attribute
Adds an attribute (key/value) to a
component
f:param Constructs a parameter component
f:actionListener Adds an action listener to a component
f:valueChangeListener Adds a valuechange listener to a component
f:converter Adds an arbitrary converter to a component
f:convertDateTime Adds a datetime converter to a component
f:convertNumber Adds a number converter to a component
f:validator Adds a validator to a component
f:validateDoubleRange
Validates a double range for a component’s
value
f:validateLength Validates the length of a component’s value
f:validateLongRange
Validates a long range for a component’s
value
f:loadBundle
Loads a resource bundle, stores properties as
a Map
f:selectitems
Specifies items for a select one or select
many component
f:selectitem
Specifies an item for a select one or select
many component
f:verbatim Adds markup to a JSF page
Table 4–2 JSF HTML Tags
Tag Description
h:form HTML form
h:inputText Single-line text input control. Examples
h:inputTextArea Multiline text input control. Examples
h:inputSecret Password input control. Examples
h:inputHidden Hidden field
h:outputLabel Label for another component for

2. accessibility
h:outputLink HTML anchor. Examples
h:outputFormat
Like outputText, but formats compound
messages
h:outputText Single-line text output. Examples
h:commandButton
Button: submit, reset, or pushbutton.
Examples
h:commandLink
Link that acts like a pushbutton.
Examples
h:message
Displays the most recent message for a
component
h:messages Displays all messages
h:grapicImage Displays an image. Examples
h:selectOneListbox Single-select listbox. Examples
h:selectOneMenu Single-select menu. Examples
h:selectOneRadio Set of radio buttons. Examples
h:selectBooleanCheckbox Checkbox. Examples
h:selectManyCheckbox Set of checkboxes. Examples
h:selectManyListbox Multiselect listbox. Examples
h:selectManyMenu Multiselect menu. Examples
h:panelGrid HTML table
h:panelGroup
Two or more components that are laid out
as one
h:dataTable A feature-rich table control
h:column Column in a dataTable
Table 4–3 Basic HTML Tag Attributes
Component
Attribute Description
Types
id A (25) Identifier for a component
Reference to the component
binding A (25) that can be used in a backing
bean
A boolean; false suppresses
rendered A (25)
rendering
Cascading stylesheet (CSS)
styleClass A (23)
class name
A component’s value, typically
value I, O, C (19)
a value binding
A method binding to a method
valueChangeListener I (11)
that responds to value changes

3. converter I, O (15) Converter class name
Class name of a validator that’s
validator I (11) created and attached to a
component
A boolean; if true, requires a
required I (11) value to be entered in the
associated field
A = all, I = input, O = output, C = commands, (n) = number of tags with attribute
Table 4–4 HTML 4.0 Pass-through Attributes
Attribute Description
accesskey A key, typically combined with a system-defined
(14) metakey, that gives focus to an element
accept (1) Comma-separated list of content types for a form
accept-
Comma- or space-separated list of character encodings
charset (1) for a form. The accept-charset attribute is specified
with the JSF HTML attribute named acceptcharset.
Alternative text for nontextual elements such as images
alt (4)
or applets
border (4) Pixel value for an element’s border width
charset (3) Character encoding for a linked resource
Coordinates for an element whose shape is a rectangle,
coords (2)
circle, or polygon
Direction for text. Valid values are ltr (left to right) and
dir (18)
rtl (right to left).
disabled
(11) Disabled state of an input element or button
Base language of a resource specified with the href
hreflang (2)
attribute; hreflang may only be used with href.
lang (20) Base language of an element’s attributes and text
maxlength
(2) Maximum number of characters for text fields
readonly Read-only state of an input field; text can be selected in
(11) a readonly field but not edited
Relationship between the current document and a link
rel (2)
specified with the href attribute
Reverse link from the anchor specified with href to the
rev (2) current document. The value of the attribute is a space-
separated list of link types.
Number of visible rows in a text area. h:dataTable has
rows (1) a rows attribute, but it’s not an HTML pass-through
attribute.

4. Shape of a region. Valid values: default, rect, circle,
shape (2)
poly. (default signifies the entire region)
size (4) Size of an input field
style (23) Inline style information
tabindex
(14) Numerical value specifying a tab index
target (3) The name of a frame in which a document is opened
A title, used for accessibility, that describes an element.
title (22) Visual browsers typically create tooltips for the title’s
value
type (4) Type of a link; for example, "stylesheet"
width (3) Width of an element
(n) = number of tags with attribute
Table 4–5 DHTML Event Attributes
Attribute Description
onblur (14) Element loses focus
onchange (11) Element’s value changes
onclick (17) Mouse button is clicked over the element
ondblclick (18) Mouse button is double-clicked over the element
onfocus (14) Element receives focus
onkeydown (18) Key is pressed
onkeypress (18) Key is pressed and subsequently released
onkeyup (18) Key is released
onmousedown (18) Mouse button is pressed over the element
onmousemove (18) Mouse moves over the element
onmouseout (18) Mouse leaves the element’s area
onmouseover (18) Mouse moves onto an element
onmouseup (18) Mouse button is released
onreset (1) Form is reset
onselect (11) Text is selected in an input field
onsubmit (1) Form is submitted
(n) = number of tags with attribute
Table 4–6 Attributes for h:form

5. Attribute Description
binding, id, rendered, styleClass Basic attributes
accept, acceptcharset, dir, enctype, lang, style, HTML 4.0
target, title attributes
onblur, onchange, onclick, ondblclick, onfocus,
onkeydown, onkeypress, onkeyup, onmousedown, DHTML
onmousemove, onmouseout, onmouseover, onreset, events
onsubmit
Table 4–7 Attributes for h:inputText, h:inputSecret, h:inputTextarea,and
h:inputHidden
Attribute Description
cols
For h:inputTextarea only—
number of columns
immediate
Process validation early in the
life cycle
For h:inputSecret only—
redisplay
when true, the input field’s
value is redisplayed when the
web page is reloaded
required
Require input in the component
when the form is submitted
rows
For h:inputTextarea only—
number of rows
valueChangeListener
A specified listener that’s
notified of value changes
binding, converter, id, rendered,
required, styleClass, value, Basic attributes
validator
HTML 4.0 pass-through
accesskey, alt, dir, disabled, attributes—alt, maxlength,
lang, maxlength, readonly, size, and size do not apply to
style, tabindex, title h:inputTextarea. None apply
to h:inputHidden.
onblur, onchange, onclick,
ondblclick, onfocus, onkeydown,
DHTML events. None apply to
onkeypress, onkeyup, onmousedown,
h:inputHidden.
onmousemove, onmouseout,
onmouseover, onselect
Table 4–8 h:inputText and h:inputSecret Examples

6. Example Result
<h:inputText
value="#{form.testString}"
readonly="true"/>
<h:inputSecret
value="#{form.passwd}"
redisplay="true"/>
<h:inputSecret
value="#{form.passwd}"
redisplay="false"/>
<h:inputText value="inputText"
style="color: Yellow; background:
Teal;"/>
<h:inputText value="1234567"
size="5"/>
<h:inputText value="1234567890"
maxlength="6" size="10"/>
Table 4–9 h:inputTextarea Examples
Example Result
<h:inputTextarea rows="5"/>
<h:inputTextarea cols="5"/>
<h:inputTextarea
value="123456789012345" rows="3"
cols="10"/>
<h:inputTextarea
value="#{form.dataInRows}" rows="2"
cols="15"/>
Table 4–10 Attributes for h:outputText
Attribute Description
escape
If set to true, escapes <, >, and &
characters. Default value is false.
binding, converter, id,
Basic attributes
rendered, styleClass, value
style, title HTML 4.0

7. Table 4–11 Attributes for h:outputFormat
Attribute Description
escape
If set to true, escapes <, >, and &
characters. Default value is false.
binding, converter, id,
Basic attributes
rendered, styleClass, value
style, title HTML 4.0
Attributes for h:outputLabel
Attribute Description
for
The ID of the component to be
labeled.
binding, converter, id, rendered,
value
Basic attributes
Table 4–12 Attributes for h:graphicImage
Attribute Description
Basic
binding, id, rendered, styleClass, value
attributes
alt, dir, height, ismap, lang, longdesc, style,
HTML 4.0
title, url, usemap, width
onblur, onchange, onclick, ondblclick, onfocus,
DHTML
onkeydown, onkeypress, onkeyup, onmousedown,
events
onmousemove, onmouseout, onmouseover, onmouseup
Table 4–13 h:outputText and h:graphicImage Examples
Example Result
<h:outputText
value="#{form.testString}"/>
<h:outputText value="Number
#{form.number}"/>
<h:outputText value="<input
type=’text’
value=’hello’/>"/>
<h:outputText escape="true"
value="<input type=’text’
value=’hello’/>"/>
<h:graphicImage
value="/tjefferson.jpg"/>

8. <h:graphicImage
value="/tjefferson.jpg"
style="border: thin solid
black"/>
Table 4–14 h:commandButton and h:commandLink
Attribute Description
If specified as a string: Directly
specifies an outcome used by the
navigation handler to determine the JSF
action
page to load next as a result of
activating the button or link If specified
as a method binding: The method has
this signature: String methodName();
the string represents the outcome
A method binding that refers to a
actionListener method with this signature: void
methodName(ActionEvent)
For h:commandLink only—The
charset character encoding of the linked
reference
For h:commandButton only—A
context-relative path to an image
image displayed in a button. If you specify this
attribute, the HTML input’s type will be
image.
A boolean. If false (the default), actions
and action listeners are invoked at the
end of the request life cycle; if true,
immediate actions and action listeners are invoked
at the beginning of the life cycle. See
Chapter 6 for more information about
the immediate attribute.
For h:commandButton: The type of the
generated input element: button, submit,
or reset. The default, unless you specify
type the image attribute, is submit. For
h:commandLink: The content type of the
linked resource; for example, text/html,
image/gif, or audio/basic
The label displayed by the button or
value link. You can specify a string or a value
reference expression.
accesskey, alt, binding, id,
lang, rendered, styleClass, Basic attributes
value

9. coords (h:commandLink
only), dir, disabled
(h:commandButton only),
hreflang (h:commandLink
only), lang, readonly, rel
(h:commandLink only), rev HTML 4.0
(h:commandLink only), shape
(h:commandLink only),
style, tabindex, target
(h:commandLink only),
title, type
onblur, onchange, onclick,
ondblclick, onfocus,
onkeydown, onkeypress,
onkeyup, onmousedown, DHTML events
onmousemove, onmouseout,
onmouseover, onmouseup,
onselect
Table 4–15 h:commandButton Examples
Example Result
<h:commandButton
value="submit"
type="submit"/>
<h:commandButton
value="reset"
type="reset"/>
<h:commandButton
value="click this
button..."
onclick="alert('button
clicked')" type="button"/>
<h:commandButton
value="disabled"
disabled="#{not
form.buttonEnabled}"/>
<h:commandButton
value="#{form.buttonText}"
type="reset"/>
Table 4–16 h:commandLink Examples
Example Result
<h:commandLink> <h:outputText
value="register"/> </h:commandLink>
<h:commandLink style="font-style:
italic"> <h:outputText
value="#{msgs.linkText}"/>
</h:commandLink>

10. <h:commandLink> <h:outputText
value="#{msgs.linkText}"/>
<h:graphicImage
value="/registration.jpg"/>
</h:commandLink>
<h:commandLink value="welcome"
actionListener="#{form.useLinkValue}"
action="#{form.followLink}">
<h:commandLink> <h:outputText
value="welcome"/> <f:param
name="outcome" value="welcome"/>
</h:commandLink>
Table 4–17 Attributes for h:outputLink
Attribute Description
accesskey, binding, converter, id, lang, rendered, Basic
styleClass, value attributes
charset, coords, dir, hreflang, lang, rel, rev,
HTML 4.0
shape, style, tabindex, target, title, type
onblur, onchange, onclick, ondblclick, onfocus,
DHTML
onkeydown, onkeypress, onkeyup, onmousedown,
events
onmousemove, onmouseout, onmouseover, onmouseup
Table 4–18 h:outputLink Examples
Example Result
<h:outputLink
value="http://java.net">
<h:graphicImage value="java-dot-
net.jpg"/> <h:outputText
value="java.net"/>
</h:outputLink>
<h:outputLink
value="#{form.welcomeURL}">
<h:outputText
value="#{form.welcomeLinkText}"/>
</h:outputLink>
<h:outputLink
value="#introduction">
<h:outputText
value="Introduction" style="font-
style: italic"/> </h:outputLink>

11. <h:outputLink value="#conclusion"
title="Go to the conclusion">
<h:outputText value="Conclusion"/
> </h:outputLink>
<h:outputLink value="#toc"
title="Go to the table of
contents"> <f:verbatim> <h2>Table
of Contents</h2> </f:verbatim> </
h:outputLink>
Table 4–19 Selection Tag Examples
Generated
Tag Examples
HTML
<input
h:selectBooleanCh
type="checkbo
eckbox
x">
<table> ...
<label>
h:selectManyCheck <input
box type="checkbo
x"/> </label>
... </table>
<table> ...
<label>
<input
h:selectOneRadio type="radio"/
>
</label> ...
</table>
<select>
<option
h:selectOneListbo value="Cheese
x "> Cheese
</option> ...
</select>
<select
multiple>
<option
h:selectManyListb
value="Cheese
ox
"> Cheese
</option> ...
</select>
<select
size="1">
<option
h:selectOneMenu value="Cheese
"> Cheese
</option> ...
</select>
h:selectManyMenu <select
multiple
size="1">
<option
value="Sunday
"> Sunday

12. </option> ...
</select>
Table 4–20 Attributes for h:selectBooleanCheckbox,
h:selectManyCheckbox, h:selectOneRadio, h:selectOneListbox,
h:selectManyListbox, h:selectOneMenu, h:selectManyMenu
Attribute Description
CSS class for disabled elements—
disabledClass for h:selectOneRadio and
h:selectManyCheckbox only
CSS class for enabled elements—for
enabledClass h:selectOneRadio and
h:selectManyCheckbox only
Specification for how elements are
laid out: lineDirection
layout (horizontal) or pageDirection
(vertical)—for h:selectOneRadio
and h:selectManyCheckbox only
binding, converter, id,
immediate, styleClass,
Basic attributes
required, rendered, validator,
value, valueChangeListener
HTML 4.0—border is applicable to
h:selectOneRadio and
accesskey, border, dir,
h:selectManyCheckbox only. size
disabled, lang, readonly,
is applicable to
style, size, tabindex, title
h:selectOneListbox and
h:selectManyListbox only.
onblur, onchange, onclick,
ondblclick, onfocus,
onkeydown, onkeypress,
onkeyup, onmousedown, DHTML events
onmousemove, onmouseout,
onmouseover, onmouseup,
onselect
Table 4–21 Attributes for f:selectItem
Attribute Description
binding
Component binding—see Chapter 2 for more
information about component bindings.
id Component ID
itemDescription Description used by tools only
itemDisabled Boolean value that sets the item’s disabled property

13. itemLabel Text shown by the item
itemValue
Item’s value, which is passed to the server as a
request parameter
value
Value binding expression that points to a
SelectItem instance
Attributes for f:selectItems
Attribute Description
binding
Component binding—see Chapter 2 for more information
about component bindings.
id Component ID
Value binding expression that points to a SelectItem, an
value array or Collection of SelectItem objects, or a Map
mapping labels to values.
Table 4–22 Attributes for h:message and h:messages
Attribute Description
for
The ID of the component whose message is
displayed—applicable only to h:message
errorClass CSS class applied to error messages
errorStyle CSS style applied to error messages
fatalClass CSS class applied to fatal messages
fatalStyle CSS style applied to fatal messages
globalOnly
Instruction to display only global messages—
applicable only to h:messages. Default: false
infoClass CSS class applied to information messages
infoStyle CSS style applied to information messages
layout
Specification for message layout: table or list—
applicable only to h:messages
A boolean that determines whether message
showDetail details are shown. Defaults are false for
h:messages, true for h:message.
A boolean that determines whether message
showSummary summaries are shown. Defaults are true for
h:messages, false for h:message.
A boolean that determines whether message
tooltip details are rendered in a tooltip; the tooltip is only
rendered if showDetail and showSummary are true
warnClass CSS class for warning messages
warnStyle CSS style for warning messages
binding, id, Basic attributes

14. rendered,
styleClass
style, title HTML 4.0
Table 4–23 Attributes for h:panelGrid
Attribute Description
bgcolor Background color for the table
border Width of the table’s border
cellpadding Padding around table cells
cellspacing Spacing between table cells
columnClasses
Comma-separated list of CSS classes
for columns
columns Number of columns in the table
footerClass CSS class for the table footer
frame Specification for sides of the
frame surrounding the table that are
frame to be drawn; valid values: none,
above, below, hsides, vsides, lhs,
rhs, box, border
headerClass CSS class for the table header
rowClasses
Comma-separated list of CSS classes
for columns
Specification for lines drawn
rules between cells; valid values: groups,
rows, columns, all
Summary of the table’s purpose and
summary structure used for non-visual
feedback such as speech
binding, id, rendered,
Basic attributes
styleClass, value
dir, lang, style, title, width HTML 4.0
onclick, ondblclick,
onkeydown, onkeypress,
onkeyup, onmousedown, DHTML events
onmousemove, onmouseout,
onmouseover, onmouseup
Table 4–24 Attributes for h:panelGroup
Attribute Description
binding, id, rendered, styleClass Basic attributes

15. style HTML 4.0
Table 5–1 Attributes for h:dataTable
Attribute Description
bgcolor Background color for the table
border width of the table's border
cellpadding Padding around table cells
cellspacing Spacing between table cells
columnClasses
comma-separated list of CSS
classes for columns
first
index of the first row shown in the
table
footerClass CSS class for the table footer
Specification for sides of the frame
surrounding the table should be
frame drawn; valid values: none, above,
below, hsides, vsides, lhs, rhs,
box, border
headerClass CSS class for the table header
rowClasses
comma-separated list of CSS
classes for rows
Specification for lines drawn
rules between cells; valid values: groups,
rows, columns, all
summary of the table's purpose and
summary structure used for non-visual
feedback such as speech
The name of the variable created by
var the data table that represents the
current item in the value
binding, id, rendered,
Basic attributes
styleClass, value
dir, lang, style, title, width HTML 4.0
onclick, ondblclick,
onkeydown, onkeypress,
onkeyup, onmousedown, DHTML events
onmousemove, onmouseout,
onmouseover, onmouseup
Attributes for h:column
Attribute Description
binding, id, rendered Basic attributes

16. Table 6–1 Attributes for f:convertNumber
Attribute Type Value
number (default), currency ,
type String
or percent
Formatting pattern, as defined
pattern String in
java.text.DecimalFormat
maxFractionDigits int
Maximum number of digits in
the fractional part
minFractionDigits int
Minimum number of digits in
the fractional part
maxIntegerDigits int
Maximum number of digits in
the integer part
minIntegerDigits int
Minimum number of digits in
the integer part
integerOnly boolean
True if only the integer part is
parsed (default: false)
groupingUsed boolean
True if grouping separators
are used (default: true)
Locale whose preferences are
locale java.util.Locale to be used for parsing and
formatting
ISO 4217 currency code to
currencyCode String use when converting currency
values
currencySymbol String
Currency symbol to use when
converting currency values
Table 6–2 Attributes for f:convertDateTime
Attribute Type Value
type String date (default), time, or both
dateStyle String default, short, medium, long, or
full
timeStyle String default, short, medium, long, or
full
pattern String Formatting pattern, as defined in
java.text.SimpleDateFormat
locale java.util.Locale
Locale whose preferences are to be
used for parsing and formatting
timeZone java.util.TimeZone
Time zone to use for parsing and
formatting
Table 6–3 Standard Validators

17. JSP Tag Validator Class
Attributes Validates
a double
value
f:validateDoubleRange DoubleRangeValidator minimum, within an
maximum
optional
range
a long
value
minimum,
f:validateLongRange LongRangeValidator
maximum
within an
optional
range
a String
with a
minimum
minimum,
f:validateLength LengthValidator
maximum
and
maximum
number of
characters
Attributes for f:view
Attribute Description
locale The locale for this view.
renderKitId (JSF
The render kit ID for this view
1.2)
beforePhase, Phase listeners that are called in every phase
afterPhase except "restore view"
Attributes for f:subview
Attribute Description
binding, id, rendered Basic attributes
Attributes for f:facet
Attribute Description
name The name of this fact.
Attributes for f:attribute
Attribute Description
name The name of the attribute to set.
value The value of the attribute.
Attributes for f:param

18. Attribute Description
name An optional name for this parameter component.
value The value stored in this component.
binding, id Basic attributes
Attributes for f:actionListener, f:valueChangeListener
Attribute Description
type The name of the listener class
Attributes for f:converter
Attribute Description
converterId The ID of the converter
Attributes for f:validator
Attribute Description
validatorId The ID of the validator
Attributes for f:loadBundle
Attribute Description
basename The resource bundle name
value The name of the variable that is bound to the bundle map
Attributes for f:verbatim
Attribute Description
escape
If set to true, escapes <, >, and & characters. Default
value is false.
rendered (JSF
Basic attributes
1.2)