OverlayPanel is a generic container component that can overlay other components on page. Notable features are custom positioning, configurable events and effects. Lazy content loading to reduce page load time is also supported via dynamic option, when enabled overlayPanel will load the contents just before being shown.
<div class="card">
<h:form id="form">
<h5>Basic</h5>
<p:commandButton id="basic" value="Show" type="button"/>
<p:overlayPanel for="basic" style="width:350px">
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</p:overlayPanel>
<h5>Images</h5>
<p:commandButton id="images" type="button" icon="pi pi-image" />
<p:overlayPanel for="images" dismissable="false" showCloseIcon="true">
<p:imageSwitch effect="fade">
<ui:repeat value="#{imageSwitchView.images}" var="image">
<p:graphicImage name="/demo/images/nature/#{image}"/>
</ui:repeat>
</p:imageSwitch>
</p:overlayPanel>
<h5>SplitButton</h5>
<p:splitButton id="split" value="SplitButton">
<p:overlayPanel style="width:350px">
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</p:overlayPanel>
</p:splitButton>
<h5>AutoHide (false)</h5>
<p:inputText id="autohide" value="Hover Me" />
<p:overlayPanel for="autohide" style="width:350px" showEvent="mouseover" hideEvent="mouseout" autoHide="false">
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cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.</p>
</p:overlayPanel>
<h5>Choose Data</h5>
<p:growl id="msgs" showDetail="true" />
<p:commandButton id="movieBtn" value="Find" type="button" icon="pi pi-search" />
<p:overlayPanel for="movieBtn" dynamic="true" style="width:600px" widgetVar="moviePicker">
<p:dataTable var="movie" value="#{movieView.movieList}" rows="5" paginator="true" selectionMode="single"
selection="#{movieView.movie}" rowKey="#{movie.movie}">
<p:ajax event="rowSelect" listener="#{movieView.onRowSelect}" update=":form:msgs" oncomplete="PF('moviePicker').hide()"/>
<p:column headerText="Movie">
<h:outputText value="#{movie.movie}"/>
</p:column>
<p:column headerText="Directed By">
<h:outputText value="#{movie.directedBy}"/>
</p:column>
<p:column headerText="Genres">
<h:outputText value="#{movie.genres}"/>
</p:column>
<p:column headerText="Run Time(min.)">
<h:outputText value="#{movie.runTime}"/>
</p:column>
</p:dataTable>
</p:overlayPanel>
<h5>Data Iteration</h5>
<p:dataTable id="basicDT" var="product" value="#{dtSelectionView.products1}">
<p:column style="width:32px;text-align: center">
<p:commandButton update=":form:productDetail" styleClass="p-button-flat"
oncomplete="PF('productOP').show('#{component.clientId}')"
icon="pi pi-search" title="View">
<f:setPropertyActionListener value="#{product}"
target="#{dtSelectionView.selectedProduct}"/>
</p:commandButton>
</p:column>
<p:column headerText="Code">
<h:outputText value="#{product.code}"/>
</p:column>
<p:column headerText="Name">
<h:outputText value="#{product.name}"/>
</p:column>
<p:column headerText="Category">
<h:outputText value="#{product.category}"/>
</p:column>
<p:column headerText="Quantity">
<h:outputText value="#{product.quantity}"/>
</p:column>
</p:dataTable>
<p:overlayPanel widgetVar="productOP" dismissable="false" showCloseIcon="true" dynamic="true">
<p:outputPanel id="productDetail" style="text-align:center;">
<p:column rendered="#{not empty dtSelectionView.selectedProduct}">
<div class="product">
<div class="product-grid-item p-3 border-0">
<div class="product-grid-item-top">
<div>
<i class="pi pi-tag product-category-icon"/>
<span class="product-category">#{dtSelectionView.selectedProduct.category}</span>
</div>
<span class="product-badge status-#{dtSelectionView.selectedProduct.inventoryStatus.name().toLowerCase()}">#{dtSelectionView.selectedProduct.inventoryStatus.text}</span>
</div>
<div class="product-grid-item-content">
<p:graphicImage
name="demo/images/product/#{dtSelectionView.selectedProduct.image}"/>
<div class="product-name">#{dtSelectionView.selectedProduct.name}</div>
<div class="product-description">#{dtSelectionView.selectedProduct.description}</div>
<p:rating readonly="true" value="#{dtSelectionView.selectedProduct.rating}"/>
</div>
<div class="product-grid-item-bottom">
<h:outputText value="#{dtSelectionView.selectedProduct.price}"
styleClass="product-price">
<f:convertNumber currencySymbol="$" type="currency"/>
</h:outputText>
<p:commandButton value="Add To Cart" icon="pi pi-shopping-cart"
disabled="#{dtSelectionView.selectedProduct.inventoryStatus == 'OUTOFSTOCK'}">
</p:commandButton>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</p:column>
</p:outputPanel>
</p:overlayPanel>
</h:form>
</div>