Then you might consider using stylesheets to do this. One of the legal values of the "background-color" property is "transparent". You could define your colors in stylesheet classes, and your conditional code would set the "class" property.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Stefan [mailto:nickm@;studioweb.com] > Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2002 1:10 PM > To: Tag Libraries Users List > Subject: Re: JSTL making Dreamweaver unhappy. > > > I actually use JSTL to write the attribute and value with the tag for > display purposes. If I insert bgColor has a blank value the > browser will > render in black. So if you want altenating rows to be > transparent (default ) > you need to not have the attribute in the tag at all: > > <c:choose> > <c:when test="${status.count % 2 == 0}"> > <c:set var="bgColor" value=" "/> > </c:when> > <c:when test="${status.count % 2 != 0}"> > <c:set var="bgColor" value="bgColor=#CCCCCC"/> > </c:when> > </c:choose> > <tr <c:out value='${bgColor}'/> align="center"> > > Thanks anyway, > > Stef > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Karr, David" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "'Tag Libraries Users List'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2002 4:00 PM > Subject: RE: JSTL making Dreamweaver unhappy. > > > > It might be because you're missing the attribute name and > "=". You're > just > > inserting the value of "${bgColor}" inside the "tr" tag, > without it being > a > > value of an attribute. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Stefan [mailto:nickm@;studioweb.com] > > > Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2002 12:55 PM > > > To: Tag Libraries Users List > > > Subject: JSTL making Dreamweaver unhappy. > > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > Just started to use JSTL and find that DreamWeaver MX has > > > problem with the tags in the design view. For example this: > > > > > > <tr <c:out value='${bgColor}'/> align="center"> > > > > > > Will cause DW to display a broken tr tag: <tr > > > > > > And dreamweaver's info panel says it's invalid markup. This > > > is fine for me but I can see web designers crying about this. > > > Any suggestions? > > > > > > Funny thing is that <%= %> are handled fine by DW. > > > > > > Stef > > > > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > <mailto:taglibs-user-unsubscribe@;jakarta.apache.org> > > For additional commands, e-mail: > <mailto:taglibs-user-help@;jakarta.apache.org> > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:taglibs-user-unsubscribe@;jakarta.apache.org> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:taglibs-user-help@;jakarta.apache.org> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:taglibs-user-unsubscribe@;jakarta.apache.org> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:taglibs-user-help@;jakarta.apache.org>
