Interesting server-name ;) To understand you correctly - the AJAX request is used to build up the faces tree anew, or is there just the servlet which does something in the backend without being in the faces-context?
regards, Martin On 6/6/05, Werner Punz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Werner Punz wrote: > > Werner Punz wrote: > > > >> Yes, this is absolutely awesome stuff, > >> and that is the reason why I am so excited about it. > >> I am still hacking on the preview contol currently, > >> but as soon as I am finished with that one > >> I will start to hack the > >> fade tag :-) > >> > > Just integrated the Fade into a tag > > and dumped a demo war and the sources onto sourceforge > > it works now the following way > > > > <cc:fade id="thisoneismandatory"> do whatever you like in here </cc:fade> > > > > You also can set the fading color. > > <cc:fade id="thisoneismandatory"> do whatever you like in here </cc:fade> > > > > > > I will set up a small site to show > > the stuff by tomorrow evening, just in case people dont like to mess > > with the war from sourceforge. > > > > > Ok the site is up and running, here are the first demos: > http://wuerg.kicks-ass.net:8080/customcontrols/colorcontrolTest.jsf > http://wuerg.kicks-ass.net:8080/customcontrols/autocompleteTest.jsf > > Everything you see here is basically a jsf tag: > > the one with the two drop down autocompletes and the fade is just > following frontend code: > <f:view> > <H1> > <cc:fade fadeColor="#C0C0C0" id="boogax"> > <h:outputFormat id="fading" value="Demo of various > ajax controls" /> > </cc:fade> > </H1> > <br> > <br> > <cc:fade id="firstLine"> > <h:outputFormat value="coloring input" /> > <cc:autocompleteInput completionMethod="getcities" > pattern="^[0-9]+" /> > </cc:fade> > <h:outputFormat value="noncoloring input" /> > <cc:autocompleteInput completionMethod="getcities" /> > </f:view> > > > On the backend side, it is sort of an event system with the > completionMethod as event parameter, registered via the > faces-config into the system: > > <managed-bean> > <managed-bean-name>ajaxEvent_getcities</managed-bean-name> > <managed-bean-class> > > net.sf.myfacessandbox.components.ajax.tests.GetCitiesEvendHandler > </managed-bean-class> > <managed-bean-scope>application</managed-bean-scope> > </managed-bean> > > The central controller for this mechanism is a servlet which is called > transparently. > > The fading is done via the fade tags: > <cc:fade fadeColor="#C0C0C0" id="whateverid">everything is faded in > here</cc:fade> > > > which basically just root into div tags and use the FADE anything code > from Adam Michela http://www.axentric.com/ > > The autocolor stuff is like that: > <h:outputFormat value="Colored Input no color" /> > <cc:colorInputText /> > <h:outputFormat value="Colored standard colors" /> > <cc:colorInputText focusColored="true" /> > <h:outputFormat value="Colored altered focus" /> > <cc:colorInputText focusColor="blue" /> > <h:outputFormat value="Colored altered focus and non focus" /> > <cc:colorInputText focusColor="blue" nonFocusColor="grey" /> > <h:outputFormat value="validating input numeric pattern" /> > <cc:validatingInputText pattern="^[0-9]+" /> > <h:outputFormat value="validating altered error color" /> > <cc:validatingInputText errorColor="blue" pattern="^[0-9]+" /> > > Those controls can do a lot more, which I have not demoed yet > they have integrated automatic checkers for phone number patterns > email patterns, currency patterns (european style) etc... > I will write a demo for that stuff whenever I have time. > > Btw... if you want to use that stuff instantly, the code is still rough, > today I did some internationalization on the original sun autocomplete > code, which I have not upped to sourceforge yet, also the size parameter > is not set currently in the autocomplete, that one will follow ASAP. > > > Werner > >
