checkboxGroup

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checkBoxGroup allows users to select multiple values from a list of items using checkboxes.

XML Element

checkBoxGroup

Java Class

JmixCheckboxGroup

Attributes

id - alignSelf - ariaLabel - ariaLabelledBy - classNames - colspan - css - dataContainer - enabled - errorMessage - height - helperText - itemsContainer - itemsEnum - label - maxHeight - maxWidth - minHeight - minWidth - property - readOnly - required - requiredMessage - themeNames - visible - width

Handlers

AttachEvent - ClientValidatedEvent - ComponentValueChangeEvent - DetachEvent - TypedValueChangeEvent - itemEnabledProvider - itemLabelGenerator - renderer - statusChangeHandler - validator

Elements

fragmentRenderer - tooltip

Basics

The simplest case of using checkBoxGroup is to select values from an enumeration.

<checkboxGroup itemsEnum="com.company.onboarding.entity.OnboardingStatus"
               label="Select the onboarding status"/>
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Data Binding

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You can bind a component to an entity and its attributes hold in a data container.

To bind checkBoxGroup to an entity attribute:

  1. Specify the name of the data container as the dataContainer attribute value.

  2. Specify the name of the entity attribute as the property attribute value.

<data>
    <instance class="com.company.onboarding.entity.User" id="userDc">
        <fetchPlan extends="_base">
            <property name="hobbies" fetchPlan="_base"/>
        </fetchPlan>
        <loader id="userDl"/>
    </instance>
    <collection class="com.company.onboarding.entity.Hobby" id="hobbiesDc">
        <fetchPlan extends="_base"/>
        <loader id="hobbiesDl">
            <query>
                <![CDATA[select e from Hobby e]]>
            </query>
        </loader>
    </collection>
</data>
<layout>
    <checkboxGroup dataContainer="userDc"
                   property="hobbies"
                   itemsContainer="hobbiesDc"
                   id="checkboxGroup"/>
</layout>

In this case, checkBoxGroup will display instance names of the Hobby entity, and its getTypedValue() method will return the Collection of selected entity instances.

Custom Items

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To set the list of checkBoxGroup items, use the following methods:

Items List

The setItems() method allows you to specify component items programmatically.

@ViewComponent
private JmixCheckboxGroup<Integer> checkboxGroupInt;

@Subscribe
public void onInit(final InitEvent event) {
    checkboxGroupInt.setItems(1, 2, 3, 4, 5);
}

Items Map

ComponentUtils.setItemsMap() allows you to specify a string label for each item value explicitly.

@ViewComponent
private JmixCheckboxGroup<Integer> ratingCheckboxGroup;

@Subscribe
public void onInit(final InitEvent event) {
    Map<Integer, String> map = new LinkedHashMap<>();
    map.put(2, "Poor");
    map.put(3, "Average");
    map.put(4, "Good");
    map.put(5, "Excellent");
    ComponentUtils.setItemsMap(ratingCheckboxGroup, map);
}

Items Enum

You can use either a declarative or programmatic approach to set the values of an enum as checkBoxGroup items.

The following example demonstrates the declarative approach.

<checkboxGroup itemsEnum="com.company.onboarding.entity.OnboardingStatus"
               label="Select the onboarding status"/>

The example below uses the programmatic approach.

@ViewComponent
private JmixCheckboxGroup<OnboardingStatus> checkboxGroupEnum;

@Subscribe
public void onInit(final InitEvent event) {
    checkboxGroupEnum.setItems(OnboardingStatus.class);
}

Orientation

Items are arranged horizontally by default. To change the layout to vertical, you can use the themeNames attribute:

<checkboxGroup itemsEnum="com.company.onboarding.entity.DayOfWeek"
               label="Select days of week"
               themeNames="vertical"/>
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Theme Variants

To customize the layout of items and where the helper text shows up, use the themeNames attribute.

For example, helper-above-field will position the helper text above the field instead of below it:

<checkboxGroup itemsEnum="com.company.onboarding.entity.OnboardingStatus"
               label="Select the onboarding status"
               helperText="Helper text"
               themeNames="helper-above-field"/>
check box group helper above field

Custom Item Presentation

It is possible to customize the render of elements. You can use the setRenderer() method or the @Supply annotation for it.

@Autowired
private UiComponents uiComponents;
@Autowired
private FileStorage fileStorage;

@Supply(to = "userCheckboxGroup", subject = "renderer")
private ComponentRenderer<HorizontalLayout, User> userCheckboxGroupRenderer() {
    return new ComponentRenderer<>(user -> {
        FileRef fileRef = user.getPicture();
        HorizontalLayout row = uiComponents.create(HorizontalLayout.class);
        row.setAlignItems(FlexComponent.Alignment.END);
        if (fileRef != null) {
            Image image = uiComponents.create(Image.class);
            image.setWidth("30px");
            image.setHeight("30px");
            image.setClassName("user-picture");
            StreamResource streamResource = new StreamResource(
                    fileRef.getFileName(),
                    () -> fileStorage.openStream(fileRef));
            image.setSrc(streamResource);
            row.add(image);
        }
        row.add(new Span(user.getFirstName() + ", " + user.getLastName()));
        return row;
    });
}
check box group renderer

Alternatively, you can render items using a nested fragmentRenderer element. Refer to the Fragment Renderer section for more information.

See Also

See the Vaadin Docs for more information.