--- Sgarlata Matt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Has anyone ever discussed adding a general-purpose "attributes" > attribute to > the <html> tag library to support non-standard HTML like this?
I'm -1 on any change to the tags that supports non-standard HTML. David > For > example, > > <html:text property='something' attributes='readonly > onclick="alert(\"hello\")\"'/> > > Obviously it is better to not include onclick on the attributes > attribute, > but I just included it as an example. > > Just a thought... > > Matt > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Robert Leland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Struts Developers List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2003 1:23 PM > Subject: Re: Editable Fields V/S Static Text > > > > Yes, This has been brought up many times over the last 3 years, > > and probably has been implemented several times extending the Struts > tags. > > > > I am not opposed to such a feature, and would support it, > > though other committers might not. > > > > The key argument against it is that it would transform the html tags > > into a non-standard > > implementation. The html tags are ment to be a thin module aware layer > > over the browsers tags, > > and nothing more. That is why we don't have a Calender tag or Date > > chooser tag. > > Though I suppose if you really --knocked our socks off !-- with a > spiffy > > implementation it could > > become part of Struts. > > > > I believe since we still support Netscape 4.X series browsers, a > > read-only attribute has > > not been added. > > > > Since struts is trying to get out of the JSP tag business since 40-50% > > of our bugs are there. > > which subtracts from our limited time for the core framework. You > might > > consider contributing > > the tag to http://struts.sf.net > > > > -Rob > > > > Chris Gastin wrote: > > > > >Has anyone considered a feature which toggles between an editable > form > > >element and read only text / static text. > > > > > >I find myself developing JSPs where depending on the Use Case > "fieldA" > > >could be an editalbe text box (<input name="fieldA" value="My Text > Value" > > >/>) in Use Case 1 on xyz.jsp and readonly text /static text in Use > Case > 2 > > >(My Text Value) on the same jsp. Presently I am using the > > ><logic:equal></logic:equal> tags. Which get really messy. Here is > some > > >sample code. > > > > > ><logic:equals name="actionForm" property="myFieldEditable" > value="true"> > > > <html:text name="actionForm" property"myField" /> > > ></logic:equal> > > ><logic:equals name="actionForm" property="myFieldEditable" > value="false"> > > > <bean:write name="actionForm" property"myField" /> > > ></logic:equal> > > > > > > > > >It would be nice to add an attribute to the current tag libraries, > which > is > > >a boolean, and does this toggling for you. Here is what I am > envisioning > > > > > >If actionForm.myField = "My Text Value"; This tag <html:text > > >name="actionForm" property"myField" readOnlyText="true"/> would > output > "My > > >Text Value". > > > > > >Where <html:text name="actionForm" property"myField" > readOnlyText="false"/> > > >the following tag would output > > ><input name="fieldA" value="My Text Value" /> > > > > > >As you can imagine this would not be a huge undertaking to add this > feature > > >to the current tag libraries in struts. I could use this feature, and > I > am > > >sure other could too. I am willing to contribute my time to the > development > > >effort. I am not stuck on the attribute name "readOnlyText", and > would > > >welcome suggestions. Does this sound like a good idea, and if the > answer > is > > >yes, what is the next step. > > > > > >Chris Gastin > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search http://shopping.yahoo.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
