Re: Is it possible to change the base tile on the fly

[Cedric Dumoulin]

 Hi,

 I have a very simple solution:

   *   Create a struts action that switch to the appropriate layout (a
     jsp), according to the user settings:
   <action     path="/switchLayout"
                  type="...">
       <forward  name="layout1"   path="/layouts/layout1.jsp"/>
       <forward  name="layout2"   path="/layouts/layout2.jsp"/>
       <forward  name="layout3"   path="/layouts/layout3.jsp"/>
  </action>
   *   Then, use this action in the master definition in place of the
     layout (path="switchLayout.do" ).
 A better solution would be to be able to do that with a Tiles 
controller: change the layout path in the controller. Unfortunately, the 
current tiles implementation doesn't allow to change the path of a tile 
context. Maybe a future version.

    Cedric

Raible, Matt wrote:

The reason I want to do this is to have two totally different skins based on
a user's settings.  How can I change a baseLayout and all children on the
fly?  Is it possible - can I just point to a specific tiles-config.xml after
they login?
I realize this is possible using stylesheets and some fancy CSS, but I'd
like to explore doing this using Tiles.
Thanks,

Matt

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Cedric Dumoulin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2003 10:27 AM
To: Struts Users Mailing List
Subject: Re: Is it possible to change the base tile on the fly


 It is possible to change a definition attribute like the 
path on the 
fly, but this will not change all the child definitions has 
you expect.
 This is because in the actual implementation all definitions have 
their own copy of the attributes. There is no lookup to the 
parent value.

    Cedric

Raible, Matt wrote:

   

I have the following base tile definition that all my other 
     

definitions
   

extend:

        <definition name="baseLayout" path="/layouts/baseLayout.jsp">
                <put name="title.key"/>
                <put name="heading.key"/>
                <put name="header" value="/common/header.jsp"/>
                <put name="footer" value="/common/footer.jsp"/>
    </definition>
Is it possible to change the "path" attribute of this 
     

definition on-the-fly
   

- perhaps based on a value received in an Action?  If so, how?

Thanks,

Matt

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