I think XSL is kinda like ColdFusion its easy to pick up (not quite as easy as CF) and get started but to get the true power from it it will take some practice/learning.
Adam H On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 09:30:57 -0600, Aaron Rouse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How hard is the XSL to develop though? I got the impression it is > rather tedious to make one from scratch but never looked hard into it. > For whatever reason this feature has not really appealed to me, > although I could see benifits to it for here at work. > > > On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 10:27:37 -0500, Joe Rinehart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > See, that's *way* more control than I want to leave to the form tag... > > > It also doesn't account for a great number of other possibilities -- > > > i.e. text description of a field's content above, below or to the > > > right of the input element. Sure a lot of forms are formatted this way > > > (label on the left, input on the right), but by no means all of them. > > > > From what MM has disclosed, the control isn't actually in the form > > tag. The control is an an XSL file that you apply as a 'skin' - > > you're supposed to be free to use a number of built-in skins or create > > your own. > > > > > How would you make the form align all of the labels to the left? (I > > > don't like having them right-aligned.) Would it require an align > > > attribute in each input element (which is the sort of thing I do with > > > a singular css element in a col tag)? > > > > The XML CFForm seperates all look/feel/layout from the <Cfform> block > > itself - the XSL would determine right/left etc. > > > > -joe > > > > -- > > For Tabs, Trees, and more, use the jComponents: > > http://clearsoftware.net/client/jComponents.cfm > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:192089 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
