http://nagoya.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=18015
I have a <custom:label> tag that I implemented to do this very thing for field labels. I use the standard <html:*> form tags though, and do not style the fields themselves differently if they are in error, although that sounds like a good addition.
I get a couple of interesting benefits from my custom label tag:
- field labels are looked up in the resources with keys of the form FormName.fieldName (so naming conventions are needed)
- Asterisk appears by field labels that are required (available from the Validator metadata)
- In a special mode, the labels turn into hyperlinks that the user (an admin) can click to pop-up another window, type in a new label, and save it (we store resource text in a database with a custom DbResources implementation).
More integrated error handling in Struts gets a +1 from me! :)
Erik
On Friday, June 6, 2003, at 04:05 PM, DeRose Jonathan wrote:
Hello,
I have an idea that I would like to propose to the Struts community
involving the HTML tag library; automatic highlighting of errored form
elements. I have used Struts for a couple medium sized projects and always
extended the tags to get this functionality. After doing this two or three
times, I thought it would be great if Struts has this functionality built
in.
I have gone through all the source and feel confident about the changes
that would need to be made. I have prepared documentation describing all of
the details, but I wanted to post this first to introduce myself and my
idea. If you guys would like to hear more, I would love to post my
documentation for everyone to look at.
Thanks, Jonathan R. DeRose
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