If you're just looking for a way to programmatically set the title, getting into LocParam might be a little bit of overkill. It's probably simpler to set up your own SessionVars or RequestVars and access them from the Title closure:
http://scala-tools.org/scaladocs/liftweb/1.0/net/liftweb/sitemap/Loc/Title.html Derek On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 9:45 AM, Naftoli Gugenheim <naftoli...@gmail.com>wrote: > > > ------------------------------------- > Naftoli Gugenheim<naftoli...@gmail.com> wrote: > > So what I'm not clear on now is the input to Title. What is a LocParam, and > how do you you use loc params? What is forceParam, defaultParams, param, and > foundParam? And in any case how can Title know the value of the registered > StatefulSnippet's newOrEdit state? > Thanks! > > ------------------------------------- > David Pollak<feeder.of.the.be...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 12:47 PM, Naftoli Gugenheim <naftoli...@gmail.com > >wrote: > > > Maybe my setup is atypical then :) > > My default.html is does not have a title tag; instead each view has its > > own, relying on head merge. > > I don't know if originally I had it in default using lift:Menu.title or > > not, but the difficulty with that would be that some pages can be used to > > edit or add a new item, and the title needs to reflect that. > > > Because the Title() case class takes a function, you can have it do all > forms of stuff including looking to the current user, whether you're > editing, and "do the right thing". > > > > > > So either (1) I need a way that the value of Menu.title will depend on > data > > in various StatefulSnippets; or (2) make the title ambiguous (add/edit > > neutral); or (3) leave the titles in the views and process them with a > > function somehow; or (4) put a snippet in the title of every view to get > the > > user. > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------- > > David Pollak<feeder.of.the.be...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > On Sun, Aug 2, 2009 at 4:35 PM, Naftoli Gugenheim <naftoli...@gmail.com > > >wrote: > > > > > > > > How does the Title LocParam work? > > > > > > The Title case class has a function that converts the current object > > associated with the Loc into a String representing the title of the page > > represented by the Loc. > > > > > > > > > > Is there a way to modify all titles to e.g. include the logged in > user's > > > name, without having to edit all the views? > > > > > > The <title> tag is typically defined in the default template. You could > > include a snippet in the <title> tag that would contain the user's name. > I > > would see this as separate from the title of the specific page referred > to > > by the Loc.Title. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Lift, the simply functional web framework http://liftweb.net > > Beginning Scala http://www.apress.com/book/view/1430219890 > > Follow me: http://twitter.com/dpp > > Git some: http://github.com/dpp > > > > > > > > > > -- > Lift, the simply functional web framework http://liftweb.net > Beginning Scala http://www.apress.com/book/view/1430219890 > Follow me: http://twitter.com/dpp > Git some: http://github.com/dpp > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Lift" group. To post to this group, send email to liftweb@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to liftweb+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/liftweb?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
