[ http://issues.apache.org/struts/browse/WW-1291?page=comments#action_38961 ] Brian Pontarelli commented on WW-1291: --------------------------------------
It has been far too long for me to recall all the details on this issue. The only thing that I can recall is that the search path for FTL files is different than those for JS files. If WebWork is looking for a template it looks in the /template/<theme> for overrides and then in classpath. When it looks for JS files it searches the classpath only. So, overrides need to be placed in the /WEB-INF/classes directory since this ends up in the web application classpath prior to the webwork JAR files. I see your point about changing the JS URL in the FTL file to NOT use the /struts namespace, but if I want to use a theme (say XHTML) and don't need to tweak it at all, it would be nice to have the ability to override JS files in the same manner as I can override FTL files, by placing them in the /template/<theme> and it searches there first and then falls back to the classpath. This would standardize the override method for both types of files. > Centralize location for all template files include JavaScript > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: WW-1291 > URL: http://issues.apache.org/struts/browse/WW-1291 > Project: Struts 2 > Issue Type: New Feature > Components: Views > Affects Versions: WW 2.2.2 > Reporter: Brian Pontarelli > Assigned To: Don Brown > Fix For: Future > > > Currently, WebWork loads the FTL files from either the JAR or the template > directory in the web application. However, it loads the JavaScript files from > the classpath using a prefix based search. This forces custom JavaScript > files to be placed into the WEB-INF/classes/template directory rather than > with the custom FTL files in the web application directory. These two ways to > customize WebWork should be combined so that it is all standard. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - If you think it was sent incorrectly contact one of the administrators: http://issues.apache.org/struts/secure/Administrators.jspa - For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira
