How to identify current row in table from selectOneChoice compact mode

Question

Hi,
I have an af:table in which one of the columns is selectOneChoice in compact mode.  Upon selecting item in this selectOneChoice, valueChangeListener is triggered and do some work based on that row.  However, my issue is that it's hard to identify the current row since the selectOneChoice is in compact mode.  If the selectOneChoice is not in compact mode, when user selects item in selectOnechoice, selectionListener of af:table is triggered to identify the current row.  But if selectOneChoice is in compact mode, user is able to select from selectOneChoice and valueChangeListener is triggered before selectionListener of af:table is triggered.  Hence, not able to identify current row. 
As a not so ideal workaround, I tried to put the row identifier (in my case, it's DetailSeq) in shortDesc, and get it from there.  But users is complaining seeing this not user friendly in shortDesc/hintText.  I tried to put DetailSeq as the id of the selectOneChoice, but it didn't work (Cannot get Id of selectOneChoice in table)
<af:table>
  <af:column headerText="Action" id="c5" width="30">
        <af:selectOneChoice id="a${row.DetailSeq}" autoSubmit="true" valueChangeListener="#{viewScope.backing_requestOverview.onSelectAction}" label="Action" mode="compact" shortDesc="#{row.DetailSeq}">
            <f:selectItems value="#{backing_requestOverview.requestActionsMap[row.StatusUid]}" id="si333"/>
            </af:selectOneChoice>
    </af:column>
</af:table>
In the valueChangeListener:
  public void onSelectAction(ValueChangeEvent valueChangeEvent) {
RichSelectOneChoice actionChoice = (RichSelectOneChoice)valueChangeEvent.getComponent();
LOGGER.info("Short Desc: " + actionChoice.getShortDesc());
        LOGGER.info("Component Id: " + actionChoice.getId());
Any advice?
Thanks
-Mina

Answer 1

Hi,
what about using an f:attribute tag to add the "DetailSeq" to the component. Should work similar to the shortDesc but is invisible. You can then get this attribute value by its name among the component attributes
Frank