Thanks, I think this is better. I still must be missing something about how Tiles works internally, though.
In my app, the tiles definition for the end user page (the one that defines "body") is called "endUserPage.tiles" and Tiles is smart enough to handle requests for "endUserPage.jsp" in the correct "tiled" way. You have this arranged differently, where the end user page definition has a more cryptic name (.myEndUserPage.page1) and is referenced by .base. If I do it your way, then, how does Tiles know which URL to map to the tile layout we just produced? I just implemented my layout the way you've described, but now I don't know what URL to request because tiles-config.xmlno longer contains URLs. Thanks for your help Dan On 8/15/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > OK, I see: > > Your definition would need to extend .sublayout.. > > > /layout/layout > /layout/layout2 > > <definition name=".base" page="/layout/layout.jsp"> > <put name="section1" page="menu.jsp"> > <put name="section2" page=".myEndUserPage.page1"> > </definition> > > <definition name=".anotherPage" page=".base"> > <put name="section2" page=".myEndUserPage.page2"> > </definition> > > <Definition name=".sublayout" page="/layout/layout2.jsp"> > <put name="head" page="xyz.jsp"> > <put name="body" page="123.jsp"> > </definition> > > <definition name=".myEndUserPage.page1" extends=".sublayout"> > <put name="body" value="/myEndUserPage.jsp"/> > </definition> > > <definition name=".myEndUserPage.page2" extends=".sublayout"> > <put name="body" value="/another.jsp"/> > </definition> > > > > > > > > > > [image: Inactive hide details for Daniel Hannum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>]Daniel > Hannum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > *Daniel Hannum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>* > > 08/15/2005 03:51 PM Please respond to > "Struts Users Mailing List" < > user@struts.apache.org> > > > To > > Struts Users Mailing List <user@struts.apache.org> > cc > > > Subject > > Re: Can nested tile layouts be done? > This still isn't working for me. I need to tweak your example because the > value of "body" changes for each page. So if I add one more definition to > my > tiles-config.xml for an actual end-user page that a user would point a > browser to: > > <definition name="/myEndUserPage.tiles" extends=".base"> > <put name="body" value="/myEndUserPage.jsp"/> > </definition> > > It's not clear which of your definitions I should extend. If I extend > .base > (the logical choice), I get the same behavior where the layout.jsp is > rendered and layout2.jsp is substituted in, but no substitutions are made > inside the layout2.jsp. If I extend .sublayout, I get even weirder > behavior > where it appears to render layout2.jsp but makes no substitutions at all. > > I looked at the Tiles examples and they don't seem to define individual > pages in the tiles-config.xml, as I did above. Could that be my problem? > > Dan > > On 8/15/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] < > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Yes, this can be done. The VBox example is a good example of this. > > > > Basically it is laid out as follows. > > > > /layout/layout > > /layout/layout2 > > > > <definition name=".base" page="/layout/layout.jsp"> > > <put name="section1" page="menu.jsp"> > > <put name="section2" page=".sublayout"> > > </definition> > > > > <Definition name=".sublayout" page="/layout/layout2.jsp"> > > <put name="head" page="xyz.jsp"> > > <put name="body" page="123.jsp"> > > </definition> > > > > you can then substitute out different components of each section based > on > > what you are doing. > > > > > > > > > > [image: Inactive hide details for Daniel Hannum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>]Daniel > > > Hannum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > > *Daniel Hannum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>* > > > > 08/15/2005 02:18 PM Please respond to > > "Struts Users Mailing List" < > > user@struts.apache.org> > > > > > > To > > > > user@struts.apache.org > > cc > > > > > > Subject > > > > Can nested tile layouts be done? > > Hi everyone, I have a question about nesting layouts with Struts > > tiles. I've seen this sort of thing discussed in the past, but in > > searching I didn't see an example that I could apply to my situation, > > nor did I see a good solution. > > > > Executive summary: > > > > What I want to do is have a simple layout containing two tiles, both > > of which are JSP's. However, one of those JSP's is actually another > > layout JSP, which itself contains tile placeholders. I can get Struts > > Tiles to do the substitutions for the first layout, but it seems to > > treat my second layout as a simple JSP and does not do further tiles > > substitutions in the second layout. > > > > Detailed description: > > > > We have two separate applications that share a common track bar at the > > top of the screen. Beyond that they are completely separate. So, we > > have a layout containing "trackbar" and "trackcontent". Trackbar is a > > common jsp as you can see below. Trackcontent is simply a blackbox > > representing the rest of the app. > > > > <definition name=".base" page="/layout/layout.jsp"> > > <put name="trackbar" value="/common/trackbar.jsp"/> > > </definition> > > > > Then I made two definitions that put in the appropriate subsititution > > for trackcontent. *BUT* note that both of those JSP's have their own > > Tiles placeholders called "menu" and "body". It's necessary to do this > > because the apps may have different layouts but they must share the > > trackbar above. > > > > <definition name=".app1base" extends=".base"> > > <put name="trackcontent" value="/layout/app1Layout.jsp"/> > > </definition> > > > > <definition name=".app2base" extends=".base"> > > <put name="trackcontent" value="/layout/app2Layout.jsp"/> > > </definition> > > > > Then, since all the pages of a single app share an app-specific menu, > > I made another definition put the right page in for "menu" > > > > <definition name=".app1" extends=".app1base"> > > <put name="menu" value="/common/app1NavBar.jsp"/> > > </definition> > > > > <definition name=".app2" extends=".app2base"> > > <put name="menu" value="/common/app2NavBar.jsp"/> > > </definition> > > > > Lastly, we have two actual pages that extend the app definitions and > > put the right values in for "body" > > > > <definition name="/app1page1.tiles" extends=".app1"> > > <put name="body" value="/app1page1.jsp"/> > > </definition> > > > > <definition name="/app2page1.tiles" extends=".app2"> > > <put name="body" value="/app2page1.jsp"/> > > </definition> > > > > Now, when I put all this together and point my browser at, say, > > app1page1, I get the top-level layout and the trackbar rendered, and > > it renders the appropriate trackcontent for app1, but it does NOT do > > the second level of substitutions (i.e. substitute the correct menu > > and body) > > > > Is Struts capable of doing this sort of two-level layout indirection? > > If so, how should I change my tile defs and layouts to make it work. > > > > Thanks a lot! > > Dan > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > >
