Is the only difference in rendering? Perhaps someone could create a patch that provided an alternate renderer for t:dataTable that performed the newspaper column layout. That'd be a simpler intermediate step than trying to combine both components.
If nothing else, it'd make sense to open a JIRA improvement issue on this. On 12/2/05, Jesse Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I wrote newspaperTable a long time ago and > I think this is a great idea. When I wrote the > class I didn't extend dataTable as to make it > much more attractive to the MyFaces admins - > it would be quite controversial to add an attribute > to one of the most popular components. > > But newspaperTable and dataTable are 99% > the same code, and making this change makes > a lot of sense. Unfortunately I won't be able to > implement it due to lack of time and familiarity. > > Cheers, > Jesse > > > On 12/2/05, Dave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > newspaperTable should be merged with dataTable. It should be a property of > > dataTable. > > > > <t:dataTable .... > > newspaperColumns="8"/> > > > > if the property is 0 or not defined, it is a normal table, otherwise render > > as newspaper. > > > > This way it can leverage all features of dataTable such as sorting and > > dynamic column model, etc. > > what do you think? > > > > Dave > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > Yahoo! Personals > > Skip the bars and set-ups and start using Yahoo! Personals for free > > > > >
