The Facelets c:forEach varStatus docs:

Variable to bind an Object that describes the current indexed state. The Object has the following properties: first[boolean], last[boolean], begin[int], end[int], index[int], step[int].

Since PanelSeries is a UIData, it has "first", "rows", and "rowIndex", with no concept of stepping. One complication is that, while we theoretically can calculate what the last row will be, from the "first" and "rows" values, isRowAvailable() may return false in any intervening row, ending the iteration. So, accurate values for "end" and "last" is not something that can be guaranteed, without scanning ahead, which isn't really an option with the limitations of paged data models and UIData iteration overhead. Still, in typical cases, we could provide those.

Adding it to:
dataTable, columns, panelPositioned, panelSeries, panelTabSet

For a simple way of testing this, I edited the component-showcase's dataTable-dataScrolling.jspx, and inserted two lines. This way, using the dataPaginator, I could change the dataTable's first property, which would then properly test the varStatus fields.

<ice:dataTable id="data"
var="employee"
>>>>> varStatus="markVarStatus"
value="#

"
rows="#

"
scrollable="#

"
scrollHeight="250px"
style="float:left"
columnWidths="100px,100px,100px,100px"
styleClass="dataPaginatorDataTable"
cellpadding="0">
<ice:column>
<f:facet name="header">
<ice:outputText id="column1"
value="#

"/>
</f:facet>
<ice:outputText id="number"
value="#

"/>
>>>>> <ice:outputText value="first: #

last: #

begin: #

end: #

index: #

"/>
</ice:column>

Now ice:columns, ice:dataTable, ice:panelPositioned, ice:panelSeries, ice:panelTabSet all have the varStatus proerty, which has 5 sub-properties: int begin, int end, int index, boolean first, boolean last. The indexes are inclusive.

A lot of the time, when people wanted to know the current iteration index, we've told them to maintain the DataModel themselves in their bean, so they can query its getRowIndex() method. Now it should be a lot simpler to access that information, using varStatus.

Subversion 18178
icefaces\component-metadata\src\main\resources\conf\extended-faces-config.xml
icefaces\component-metadata\src\main\resources\conf\ice_properties\ice-att-varstatus-props.xml
icefaces\component-metadata\src\main\resources\conf\ice_cust_properties\cust-panelPositioned-props.xml
icefaces\component-metadata\src\main\resources\conf\ice_cust_properties\cust-panelSeries-props.xml
icefaces\component-metadata\src\main\resources\conf\ice_cust_properties\cust-paneltabset-props.xml
icefaces\component-metadata\src\main\resources\conf\ice_properties\ice-dataTable-props.xml
icefaces\component-metadata\src\main\resources\conf\ice_properties\ice-uicolumns-props.xml
icefaces\component\src\com\icesoft\faces\component\panelseries\UISeries.java
icefaces\component\src\com\icesoft\faces\component\panelseries\VarStatus.java

Fixed an incorrectly cased filename, which didn't show up on Windows, since it has a case insensitive filesystem.

Subversion 18179
icefaces\component-metadata\src\main\resources\conf\extended-faces-config.xml

QA tested it on trunk revision 18245 + Tomcat 6

• dataTable and columns: New attribute varStatus was tested successfully
• panelPositioned and panelSeries: the markVarStatus.last is not set to true for the last element
• panelTabSet: empty values are showed for markVarStatus.first, markVarStatus.last, markVarStatus.begin, markVarStatus.end, markVarStatus.index

(Please see the uploaded screen shot)

A test app has been created for this issue at repo\qa\trunk\Regression\ICE-3882

From Mark: For panelTabSet, it's only when they use a data model for the panel tabs, not the statically defined <ice:panelTab> tags.

So, updated the test app and tested again. It appeared panelTabSet has the same issue as panelPositioned and panelSeries - the markVarStatus.last is not set to true for the last element.

Testing identified issues to be resolved.

This has incorrect fix version.. It's fixed in trunk not Dr1

1.8RC1 is Release Candidate 1, and comes after DR2. It can be thought of as DR3. I personally prefer just sticking with DRx until the release, but others prefer indicating that we're nearing the release of 1.8.0.

Had to add logic to support when the rows attribute is not set, by getting the last index from the data model.

Subversion 18313
icefaces\component\src\com\icesoft\faces\component\panelseries\UISeries.java

Tested successfully on ICEfaces trunk revision 18315 for dataTable, columns, panelPositioned, panelSeries, panelTabSet