Kevin, Yes, you can nest tiles within tiles!!! I use it heavily; I am pretty sure it's also documented, but in case it's not clear, you should read this very advanced tutorial on Tiles - it basically takes it to the max and exhausts what you can do with it: http://www.lifl.fr/~dumoulin/tiles/doc/tutorial.html
Paul --- "Leahy, Kevin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Are you saying that the 'put' tag can take a another tile as its 'value' > attribute? I think this could be the answer, but I haven't noticed this in > the documentation - does anyone know of any examples online? > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Paul Benedict [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 10 November 2005 00:00 > To: Struts Users Mailing List > Subject: RE: Tiles: nesting one template inside another? > > Kevin, > > Follow this example. It uses a master layout [A] and then an inner layout > [B]. You need to envision that the body content of A is B, and the body > content of B is C. > > <definition name="search_form_base" path="/layout/search_form_layout.jsp"> > <-- A > <put name="FilterA" value="/pageComponents/FilterA.jsp" /> > <put name="FilterB" value="search_form_view" /> <-- B </definition> > > <definition name="search_form_view" path="/pageComponents/FilterB.jsp"> <-- > B > <put name="Button1" value="/pageComponents/Button1.jsp" /> <-- C > </definition> > > --- "Leahy, Kevin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Thanks for reply. But I'm not sure I really understand what you're > > suggesting. > > What I really want is a way of something like this: > > > > The base layout contains the menu and logo of company etc It has > > inside it a tiles insert for the body so that other tiles can add > > whatever body they want inside. > > > > <definition name="cam.base" path="/layout/base_layout.jsp"> > > </definition> > > > > Search form layout contains various filtering gadgets for the form and > > then some optional buttons and other gadgets that change slightly > > according to where the form is being used. E.g. in the edit view of > > the form you will have an 'update' button. In the search view of the > > form a 'search' button etc. > > <definition name="search_form_base" path="/layout/search_form_layout.jsp"> > > <put name="FilterA" value="/pageComponents/FilterA.jsp" /> > > <put name="FilterB" value="/pageComponents/FilterB.jsp" /> > > </definition> > > > > Here I want to use the base form layout with an extra button. > > <definition name="search_form_view" extends="search_form_base"> > > <put name="Button1" value="/pageComponents/Button1.jsp" /> > > </definition> > > > > At the moment I have cut and pasted the base_layout into the > > search_form_layout. But I'm sure there must be a way of not > > duplicating this code. > > > > Can anyone help with this? > > > > Thanks in advance. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > > Of Yujun Liang > > Sent: 09 November 2005 12:30 > > To: Struts Users Mailing List > > Subject: Re: Tiles: nesting one template inside another? > > > > Yes, you can use Layout B, just let xx be empty and yy be the content > > when showing layout A. > > > > Regards > > > > On 11/9/05, Leahy, Kevin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > I have a generic company layout mainly composed of the menu > > > navigations system. > > > > > > I have also a 'Search' type form. The search form will be used in > > > various different tiles because it is relevant to View, Edit, > > > Update, Save etc functionality. > > > > > > What I want to do is kind of nest the Search Form layout inside the > > > generic company layout so that in my tiles definitions file I keep > > > the generic company part and still inject other tiles into the Form > part. > > > > > > I have a generic layout A : > > > > > > <html> > > > <head> > > > <title><tiles:getAsString name="title" /></title> </head> <body> > > > <tiles:insert attribute="content" /> <script > > > language="JavaScript">buildMenus();</script> > > > </body> > > > </html> > > > > > > All pages will use this layout. > > > But I also have a Search form that will be used in many pages: view, > > > edit, save etc. > > > > > > The form consists of many common elements and will change only > > > slightly according to context. At the moment I have implemented this > > > using a separate layout manager which is a cut and paste of layout A > > > but with other tiles inserts. > > > > > > <html> > > > <head> > > > <title><tiles:getAsString name="title" /></title> </head> <body> > > > <form> <tiles:insert attribute="xx" /> <tiles:insert attribute="yy" > > > /> </form> <script language="JavaScript">buildMenus();</script> > > > </body> > > > </html> > > > > > > But it seems that I should be able to define a the form as a layout > > > and use the generic layout as a starting point and inject the tiles > > > into the form layout. > > > > > > Am I just missing something obvious in the documentation? Or has > > > anyone done something similar? > > > > > > Many thanks > > > > > > Kevin > > > ------ > > > > > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > -- > > > ---------- The information contained herein is confidential and is > > > intended solely for the addressee. 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