This may not have any effect on the implementation, but also note that another legal form of the "label" component is to NOT specify a "for" attribute, but assume that the nested content is the component the label is for.
It looks like the only way adding this tag could be of any benefit is if we added something like the "key" attribute for the label, which would at least save them the trouble of adding the nested "bean:message" tag. I think that's probably not worth the trouble. > -----Original Message----- > From: David Graham [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Yes, it would create more confusion. It's better to present > a consistent > view of the taglibs to users instead of using various > non-standard names. > > David > > >From: "Matt Raible" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: "Struts Developers List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: "'Struts Developers List'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: RE: Enhancement Request - add label and labelKey to > form elements > >Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2002 12:40:27 -0700 > > > >I agree, and does require more work, considering: > > > ><html:label for="name"> > > <bean:message key="prompt.username"/> > ></html:label> > > > >Is more typing than: > > > ><label for="name"> > >... > ></label> > > > >Maybe something like this would make it more useful: > > > ><html:label key="prompt.username" /> > > > >I was thinking of reducing the prefixes in my struts-xdoclet > app from: > > > > html -> h > > logic -> l > > bean -> b > > tiles -> t > > nested -> n > > > >Would this create too much confusion (even though it would > require less > >typing?)? > > > >It much rather type <h:label key="prompt.username" /> > > > >Matt > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: David Graham [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Sent: Monday, November 25, 2002 12:25 PM > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: Re: Enhancement Request - add label and labelKey to > > > form elements > > > > > > > > > I don't see what advantage the <html:label> tag has over hand > > > coding the > > > html. Looks like the same amount of work to me. > > > > > > David > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >From: "Craig R. McClanahan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > >Reply-To: "Struts Developers List" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > >To: Struts Developers List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > >Subject: Re: Enhancement Request - add label and labelKey to form > > > >elements > > > >Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2002 11:14:10 -0800 (PST) > > > > > > > >On Mon, 25 Nov 2002, Matt Raible wrote: > > > > > > > > > Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2002 11:10:33 -0700 > > > > > From: Matt Raible <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > Reply-To: Struts Developers List > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > Subject: Enhancement Request - add label and labelKey to form > > > > > elements > > > > > > > > > > I thought I'd run this idea by the development team > > > before entering > > > > > it into Bugzilla. > > > > > > > > > > One of the items that is required with 508 compliance is > > > a <label> > > > > > value for each form element: > > > > > > > > > > For example: > > > > > > > > > > <label for="name">Name:</label> > > > > > <input type="text" id="name" size="50" name="name" /> > > > > > > > > > > More information at: > http://www.csuohio.edu/uctl/508/forms.html > > > > > > > > > > This would typically be rendered with Struts tags using: > > > > > > > > > > <label for="name">Name:</label> > > > > > <html:text name="name" styleId="name" size="50"/> > > > > > > > > > > To make it easier, we could do: > > > > > > > > > > <html:text name="name" styleId="name" size="50" > > > label="Name:"/> OR > > > > > <html:text name="name" styleId="name" size="50" > > > > > labelKey="prompt.name"/> > > > > > > > > > > The problems I see with this are that you lose some > > > control over the > > > > > presentation (i.e. a <br /> after the label or labels in > > > a separate > > > > > <td>). However, it might be useful for rapid prototyping and > > > > > code-generating tools. My hope someday is that the JSP simply > > > > > renders XML, and then an XSL stylesheet is applied, > and in this > > > > > case, the presentation issues would disappear? > > > > > > > > > > What does everyone think? Would anyone use it? > > > > > > > > > > > > >I think a way to create <label> elements would be very > > > useful. I just > > > >don't think we should embed it in the existing UI element > > > tags (for the > > > >reasons that others have articulated. > > > > > > > >How about a new <html:label> tag instead. Then, you > could do things > > > >like this on the logon page in struts-example: > > > > > > > > ... > > > > <tr> > > > > <th align="right"> > > > > <html:label for="name"> > > > > <bean:message key="prompt.username"/> > > > > </html:label> > > > > </th> > > > > <td align="left"> > > > > <html:text styleId="name" property="username" size="16" > > > > maxlength="18"/> > > > > </td> > > > > </tr> > > > > ... > > > > > > > >(I thought you tied labels to elements with the "id" ???) > > > > > > > >The above approach assumes that it's not necessary to > localize the > > > >element id itself (which would really complicate attempts to > > > generate > > > >JavaScript event handlers), but you do (of course) need to > > > localize the > > > >text of the label. > > > > > > > >This also imposes no restrictions on the mechanisms by which > > > you manage > > > >layout, and can be easily retrofitted onto existing pages. > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > > > > > Matt > > > > > > > > > > > > >Craig > > > > > > > > > > > >-- > > > >To unsubscribe, e-mail: > > > ><mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > >For additional commands, e-mail: > > > ><mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > > The new MSN 8: advanced junk mail protection and 2 months FREE* > > > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail > > > > > > > > > -- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > > > <mailto:struts-dev-> [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > For > > > additional commands, > > > e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > > > > >-- > >To unsubscribe, e-mail: > ><mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >For additional commands, e-mail: > ><mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Help STOP SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
