I want JSF expression language to expand #(bean.property} before I access it in code so that I can get access to the CSS3 top and left property values in a in-line html style. Here is the JSF html expression that populates left and top in the webpage source, but do not appear in ViewRoot elements:
<h:outputText id="pg" value="${item.displayphrase.content}" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;position:absolute;left:10px;top:${item.displayphrase.topPos}px;width:${item.displayphrase.width}px " immediate="true" />

<h:outputText id="pg" value="${item.displayphrase.content}" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;position:absolute; left:${item.displayphrase.leftPos}px;top:${item.displayphrase.topPos}px;width:${item.displayphrase.width}px" immediate="true" />

Here is the Java code accessing the html “pg” id:

 FacesContext facesContext = FacesContext.getCurrentInstance();
 UIViewRoot  viewRoot = facesContext.getViewRoot();
 UIComponent component = viewRoot.findComponent(“pg”);
 If (component instanceof HtmlOutputText) {
    HtmlOutputText text = (HtmlOutputText) component;
         String style = text.getStyle();
    System.out.println(“style:”+ style);
 }

The println above shows style properties for the top and left CCS3 are empty. What does work is when I use hard-coded top and left values in the html style, it displays properly. For example, if I hardcode the left/top values it works:
<h:outputText id="pg" value="${item.displayphrase.content}" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;position:absolute;left:10px;top:10px;width:${item.displayphrase.width}px " immediate="true" />

Also, I’ve tried using UIViewRoot viewroot in before and after phases in bean for the RENDER_RESPONSE phase and no luck. All the phases fire, but left/top style values are still empty for CSS3 top and left properties.

What did I miss here?

I tried normal access in viewroot phases but, left and top properties come up blank.
I tried before and after phases on viewroot, but it doesn’t pick up the left and top properties.
I was expecting access to the html control style and left and top properties.
Ideally, I would like to access the left and top html properties after the page has fully rendered. I would expect these are accessible then.