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    Here is a forum post discussing scrollableDataTable issues with selecting rows: http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&t=122543

     

    Below there is a simple example of how you can use the "selection" attribute in order to get row selection in <rich:scrollableDataTable>.

     

    Example xhtml file:

    <ui:composition xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"
          xmlns:ui="http://java.sun.com/jsf/facelets"
          xmlns:h="http://java.sun.com/jsf/html"
          xmlns:f="http://java.sun.com/jsf/core"
          xmlns:a4j="http://richfaces.org/a4j"
          xmlns:rich="http://richfaces.org/rich">
    
            <h:form>
                <rich:spacer height="30" ></rich:spacer>
                <rich:scrollableDataTable rowKeyVar="rkv" frozenColCount="1" height="400px" 
                    width="700px" id="carList" rows="40" columnClasses="col"
                    value="#{dataTableScrollerBean.allCars}" var="category" sortMode="single"
                    selection="#{dataTableScrollerBean.selection}">
                    <rich:column id="make">
                        <f:facet name="header"><h:outputText styleClass="headerText" value="Make" ></h:outputText></f:facet>
                        <h:outputText value="#{category.make}" ></h:outputText>
                    </rich:column>
                    <rich:column id="model">
                        <f:facet name="header"><h:outputText styleClass="headerText" value="Model" ></h:outputText></f:facet>
                        <h:outputText value="#{category.model}" ></h:outputText>
                    </rich:column>
                    <rich:column id="price">
                        <f:facet name="header"><h:outputText styleClass="headerText" value="Price" ></h:outputText></f:facet>
                        <h:outputText value="#{category.price}" ></h:outputText>
                    </rich:column>
                    <rich:column id="mileage">
                        <f:facet name="header"><h:outputText styleClass="headerText" value="Mileage" ></h:outputText></f:facet>
                        <h:outputText value="#{category.mileage}" ></h:outputText>
                    </rich:column>
                    <rich:column width="200px" id="vin">
                        <f:facet name="header"><h:outputText styleClass="headerText" value="VIN" ></h:outputText></f:facet>
                        <h:outputText value="#{category.vin}" ></h:outputText>
                    </rich:column>
                    <rich:column id="stock">
                        <f:facet name="header"><h:outputText styleClass="headerText" value="Stock" ></h:outputText></f:facet>
                        <h:outputText value="#{category.stock}" ></h:outputText>
                    </rich:column>
                </rich:scrollableDataTable>
                <rich:spacer height="20px"></rich:spacer>
                <a4j:commandButton value="Show Current Selection" reRender="table" 
                    action="#{dataTableScrollerBean.takeSelection}" 
                    oncomplete="javascript:Richfaces.showModalPanel('panel');"></a4j:commandButton>
            </h:form>
            <rich:modalPanel id="panel" autosized="true">
                    <f:facet name="header">
                        <h:outputText value="Selected Rows"></h:outputText>
                    </f:facet>
                    <f:facet name="controls">
                        <span style="cursor:pointer" onclick="javascript:Richfaces.hideModalPanel('panel')">X</span>
                    </f:facet>
                <rich:dataTable value="#{dataTableScrollerBean.selectedCars}" var="sel" id="table">
                    <rich:column>
                        <f:facet name="header"><h:outputText value="Make" ></h:outputText></f:facet>
                        <h:outputText value="#{sel.make}" ></h:outputText>
                    </rich:column>
                    <rich:column id="model">
                        <f:facet name="header"><h:outputText value="Model" ></h:outputText></f:facet>
                        <h:outputText value="#{sel.model}" ></h:outputText>
                    </rich:column>
                    <rich:column id="price">
                        <f:facet name="header"><h:outputText value="Price" ></h:outputText></f:facet>
                        <h:outputText value="#{sel.price}" ></h:outputText>
                    </rich:column>
                    <rich:column id="mileage">
                        <f:facet name="header"><h:outputText value="Mileage" ></h:outputText></f:facet>
                        <h:outputText value="#{sel.mileage}" ></h:outputText>
                    </rich:column>
                    <rich:column id="stock">
                        <f:facet name="header"><h:outputText value="Stock" ></h:outputText></f:facet>
                        <h:outputText value="#{sel.stock}" ></h:outputText>
                    </rich:column>
                </rich:dataTable>
            </rich:modalPanel>
    </ui:composition>
    
    

     

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    Example bean:

     

    /**
     * 
     */
    package org.richfaces.datatablescroller;
    
    import java.math.BigDecimal;
    import java.util.ArrayList;
    import java.util.Arrays;
    import java.util.Iterator;
    import java.util.List;
    import java.util.Random;
    
    import org.richfaces.demo.datafilterslider.DemoInventoryItem;
    import org.richfaces.model.ScrollableTableDataModel.SimpleRowKey;
    import org.richfaces.model.selection.SimpleSelection;
    
    /**
     * @author Nick Belaevski - nbelaevski@exadel.com
     * created 02.03.2007
     * 
     */
    public class DataTableScrollerBean {
         private SimpleSelection selection = new SimpleSelection();
         private ArrayList<DemoInventoryItem> selectedCars = new ArrayList<DemoInventoryItem>(); 
         private static int DECIMALS = 1;
         private static int ROUNDING_MODE = BigDecimal.ROUND_HALF_UP;
    
         private List <DemoInventoryItem> allCars = null;
    
         public List <DemoInventoryItem> getAllCars() {
              synchronized (this) {
                   if (allCars == null) {
                        allCars = new ArrayList<DemoInventoryItem>();
                        for (int k = 0; k <= 5; k++) {
                             try{
                                  switch (k) {
                                  case 0:
                                       allCars.addAll(createCar("Chevrolet","Corvette", 5));
                                       allCars.addAll(createCar("Chevrolet","Malibu", 8));
                                       allCars.addAll(createCar("Chevrolet","S-10", 10));
                                       allCars.addAll(createCar("Chevrolet","Tahoe", 6));
                                       break;
    
                                  case 1:
                                       allCars.addAll(createCar("Ford","Taurus", 12));
                                       allCars.addAll(createCar("Ford","Explorer", 11));
                                       break;
                                  case 2:
                                       allCars.addAll(createCar("Nissan","Maxima", 9));
                                       break;
                                  case 3:
                                       allCars.addAll(createCar("Toyota","4-Runner", 7));
                                       allCars.addAll(createCar("Toyota","Camry", 15));
                                       allCars.addAll(createCar("Toyota","Avalon", 13));
                                       break;
                                  case 4:
                                       allCars.addAll(createCar("GMC","Sierra", 8));
                                       allCars.addAll(createCar("GMC","Yukon", 10));
                                       break;
                                  case 5:
                                       allCars.addAll(createCar("Infiniti","G35", 6));
                                       break;
                                  /*case 6:
                                       allCars.addAll(createCar("UAZ","469", 6));
                                       break;*/
                                  default:
                                       break;
                                  }
                             }catch(Exception e){
                                  System.out.println("!!!!!!loadAllCars Error: " + e.getMessage());
                                  e.printStackTrace();
                             }
                        }
                   }
              }
    
              return allCars;
         }
    
         public int genRand() {
              return rand(1,10000);
         }
    
         public List <DemoInventoryItem> createCar(String make, String model, int count){
    
              ArrayList <DemoInventoryItem> iiList = null;
    
              try{
                   int arrayCount = count;
    
                   DemoInventoryItem[] demoInventoryItemArrays = new DemoInventoryItem[arrayCount];
    
                   for (int j = 0; j < demoInventoryItemArrays.length; j++){
                        DemoInventoryItem ii = new DemoInventoryItem();
    
                        ii.setMake(make);
                        ii.setModel(model);
                        ii.setStock(randomstring(6,7));
                        ii.setVin(randomstring(14,15));
                        ii.setMileage(new BigDecimal(rand(5000,80000)).setScale(DECIMALS, ROUNDING_MODE));
                        ii.setMileageMarket(new BigDecimal(rand(25000,45000)).setScale(DECIMALS, ROUNDING_MODE));
                        ii.setPrice(new Integer(rand(15000,55000)));
                        ii.setPriceMarket(new BigDecimal(rand(15000,55000)).setScale(DECIMALS, ROUNDING_MODE));
                        ii.setDaysLive(rand(1,90));
                        ii.setChangeSearches(new BigDecimal(rand(0,5)).setScale(DECIMALS, ROUNDING_MODE));
                        ii.setChangePrice(new BigDecimal(rand(0,5)).setScale(DECIMALS, ROUNDING_MODE));
                        ii.setExposure(new BigDecimal(rand(0,5)).setScale(DECIMALS, ROUNDING_MODE));
                        ii.setActivity(new BigDecimal(rand(0,5)).setScale(DECIMALS, ROUNDING_MODE));
                        ii.setPrinted(new BigDecimal(rand(0,5)).setScale(DECIMALS, ROUNDING_MODE));
                        ii.setInquiries(new BigDecimal(rand(0,5)).setScale(DECIMALS, ROUNDING_MODE));
                        demoInventoryItemArrays[j] = ii;
    
                   }
    
                   iiList = new ArrayList<DemoInventoryItem>(Arrays.asList(demoInventoryItemArrays));
    
              }catch(Exception e){
                   System.out.println("!!!!!!createCategory Error: " + e.getMessage());
                   e.printStackTrace();
              }
              return iiList;
         }
    
         public static int rand(int lo, int hi)
         {
              Random rn2 = new Random();
              //System.out.println("**" + lo);
              //System.out.println("**" + hi);
              int n = hi - lo + 1;
              int i = rn2.nextInt(n);
              return lo + i;
         }
    
         public static String randomstring(int lo, int hi)
         {
              int n = rand(lo, hi);
              byte b[] = new byte[n];
              for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)
                   b[i] = (byte)rand('A', 'Z');
              return new String(b);
         }
    
         public SimpleSelection getSelection() {
              return selection;
         }
    
         public void setSelection(SimpleSelection selection) {
              System.out.println("Setting Started");
              this.selection = selection;
              System.out.println("Setting Complete");
         }
         
         public String takeSelection() {
              getSelectedCars().clear();
              Iterator<SimpleRowKey> iterator = getSelection().getKeys();
              while (iterator.hasNext()){
                   SimpleRowKey key = iterator.next();
                   getSelectedCars().add(getAllCars().get(key.intValue()));
              }
              return null;
         }
    
         public ArrayList<DemoInventoryItem> getSelectedCars() {
              return selectedCars;
         }
    
         public void setSelectedCars(ArrayList<DemoInventoryItem> selectedCars) {
              this.selectedCars = selectedCars;
         }
    }
    
    

     

    You can also see the working example of <rich:scrollableDataTable> usage Here