On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 9:43 AM, Naftoli Gugenheim <naftoli...@gmail.com>wrote:
>
> The book seems to think it's intentional!
I'm not sure how the code crept in, but it's wrong and should not have been
part of Lift.
>
> But why can't unprefixed nodes by preserved automatically?
I explained this above.
> Maybe there could be a setting?
I explained this above as well.
>
> Thanks.
>
> -------------------------------------
> David Pollak<feeder.of.the.be...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 9:23 AM, Naftoli Gugenheim <naftoli...@gmail.com
> >wrote:
>
> >
> > Exactly!
> >
> > -------------------------------------
> > Derek Chen-Becker<dchenbec...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Basically, you're asking why a bind tag like
> >
> > <ledger:entry id="foo" class="bar" />
> >
> > doesn't preserve the id and class attrs when it binds, but
> >
> > <ledger:entry ledger:id="foo" ledger:class="bar" />
> >
> > does?
> >
>
> If bind("ledger", <ledger:entry ledger:id="foo" ledger:class="bar" />,
> "entry" -> <foo/>)
> results in anything other than <foo/> it's a defect.
>
> Wow... looks like it does... it's a defect and I'll fix it.
>
>
> >
> >
> > Derek
> >
> > On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 10:08 AM, Naftoli Gugenheim <
> naftoli...@gmail.com
> > >wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > Of course you can access it from the snippet. But if you want it to be
> > > output automatically, then you prefix it with whatever the node's
> prefix
> > is.
> > > In other words, by default it's not outputted.
> > >
> > > -------------------------------------
> > > David Pollak<feeder.of.the.be...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 9:06 PM, Naftoli Gugenheim <
> naftoli...@gmail.com
> > > >wrote:
> > >
> > > >
> > > > What I would like to do:
> > > > <label for="name">Name</label> <person:name I'd="name" size="10"
> > > > class="special" style="vertical-align: top" maxlength="5"
> tabindex="1"
> > />
> > > > Okay, just a little contrived...
> > > > My understanding is you can do this by prefixing the attribute with
> > > > "lift:"; otherwise it will not be output but is available to the
> > snippet
> > > > code, i.e., without the prefix you are making an attribute available
> to
> > > the
> > > > snippet but that's it.
> > >
> > >
> > > I'm sorry, but I'm still clueless about what you're talking about.
> > >
> > > Do you want to bind to <person:name/> and add the attributes in the
> > > <person:name /> element to the resulting element?
> > >
> > > The lift prefix has nothing to do with binding. Binding is done in
> > > net.liftweb.util and is purely a way of substituting dynamic XML into
> > well
> > > defined points in a NodeSeq.
> > >
> > > So... if you want to include the attributes of an Elem that you are
> > > replacing during a bind operation, you have access to the current node
> > via
> > > Helpers.currentNode: Box[Elem] and you can get the attributes:
> > > currentNode.map(_.attributes) openOr Null
> > >
> > >
> > > >
> > > > I'm getting this from Exploring Lift page 115.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > -------------------------------------
> > > > David Pollak<feeder.of.the.be...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 7:24 PM, Naftoli Gugenheim <
> > naftoli...@gmail.com
> > > > >wrote:
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Why was the decision made, if I understand correctly, that normal
> > > > > attributes are not preserved in a bound node, and are are only
> > > available
> > > > for
> > > > > the snippet's usage, and if you want the attribute to be "sticky"
> you
> > > > have
> > > > > to prefix it with "lift:"? Wouldn't it be better the other way?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > I don't understand your question. Are you talking about
> Helpers.bind()
> > > or
> > > > are you talking about snippet dispatching?
> > > >
> > > > Can you please provide an example of what happens now and what you
> > would
> > > > expect to happen?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > One of lift's design goals is to help keep the static html in the
> > view
> > > > and
> > > > > the logic in the code, and to provide a templating system that
> > doesn't
> > > > > interfere with visual web designers. It seems to me that it would
> > > further
> > > > > this goal if html attributes could be properly specified in the
> view
> > > > html.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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