Thanks so much, Alberto. Your guide is very helpful.

On Dec 19, 2007 10:21 PM, Alberto A. Flores <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> As the matter of fact, I found several ways in which you can modify the
> outcome of the tag.
>
> The basic (and in my opinion, a hack) is to look at the generated HTML
> code and then use your own CSS to modify the look and feel of your view.
> I'm currently using the "simple" theme and in all my "textfield" tags I
> don't see any span associated, but if you do, take a look at the
> generated HTML code and see whether there is any span associated there
> (this is how I figured how to modify the errors generated with the
> <s:fieldErrors/>.
>
> If you want to get fancy, you can certainly write your own template
> (freemarker). This gives you full support as to how to modify the entire
> HTML code. I would warn you about this one, since it adds additional
> code that unless you are familiar with, you may not want to touch, so
> consider yourself warned :) - This helped me changed some errors to use
> a "div" instead of "ul, li" combination (in the generated HTML code).
> This is done using the "template" and "templateDir" attributes within
> the UI tags. Playing with this can prove very entertaining. I originally
> started by copying the template (ftl template) from the source
> distribution and modifying it so that I can see how things can be done
> (and also to learn some Freemarker).
>
> Note that even if you are not using the *simple* theme, the <s:head/> is
> meant to give you additional CSS for you. So consider this as you do
> your UI. This is a practice I don't like since personally, I prefer to
> have more control over the produced HTML code, however it's up to you.
>
> Good luck!
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > Thanks Alberto.
> >
> > Which class contains style for <s:textfield .../>? I need to customize
> it so
> > that no <span ../> is around it and the text associated with it is in
> bold.
> >
> > e.g., <s:text field key="some key"/>
> >
> > If the value of the "some key" is Password, I want the "Password" is in
> > bold.
> >
> > Any suggestion?
> >
> > Thanks again.
> >
> > On Dec 19, 2007 10:00 PM, Alberto A. Flores <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >> I believe the errors are within a "span" with class "errorField" (it
> may
> >> be something else). Custom CSS can make you look like whatever you
> want.
> >>
> >>
> >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >>> Thanks Dave. It seems the simple theme is used so the message is in
> >> black.
> >>> I overrode the ..errorMessage style in JSP which solved my problem but
> >> I'm
> >>> not sure if it's a right way to do that.
> >>>
> >>> Thanks again.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Dec 19, 2007 8:09 PM, Dave Newton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Er, the default stylesheet *does* make it show up in read. Are you
> >> using
> >>>> the
> >>>> <s:head/> tag? IIRC that is what includes the CSS file.
> >>>>
> >>>> d.
> >>>>
> >>>> --- "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> Is there a way to apply style sheet (CSS) to the message validator
> >>>>> generates? For example, how to make the "Color me red" message in
> red
> >>>> when
> >>>>> it is shown up?
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> <validators>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> <field name="pin">
> >>>>>
> >>>>> <field-validator type="requiredstring">
> >>>>>
> >>>>> <message>*Color me red*</message>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> </field-validator>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> </field>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> </validators>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Many thanks.
> >>>>>
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> >>
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