I just looked at a few XSL files, do not look too "bad" but could see how they could quickly get rather complicated.
On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 10:45:14 -0500, Adam Haskell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:192094 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
