I have implemented
an extension to the AbstractUITag and the /templates/xhtml/controlheader.vm
and controlfooter.vm to allow me to re-use the ui components with different
layouts.
What I have done is
added a new property of the ui tags called "controlTemplate"
this specifies the
name of the controlhead and controlfooter tempaltes to use instead of the
defaults.
This allows the same
input controls to be used with different layouts.
The modification
that I have made to controlheader.vm is :
#if ($tag.controlTemplate)
#if($tag.controlTemplate != "")
#if($tag.controlTemplate != "")
#parse
("${theme}${tag.controlTemplate}-header.vm")
#end
#end
#else
##
default contents
#end
and a similiar
pattern in the footer.
Then, if you
use
<ww:textfield
controlTemplate="filterbox" name="name"/>
you can have
filterbox-header.vm and filterbox-footer.vm in the /templates/xhtml
folder to layout the label and errors differently.
Is this something
that other people want included in the core ?
Cameron.
