It's just a separate renderer, but it's a renderer that requires some parameters - the number of newspaper columns, and the gap between newspaper columns.
Does JSF support multiple renderers for the same component simultaneously? In effect, could you render a dataTable with its regular renderer and a newspaper renderer in the same page? As far as I know this isn't supported. On 12/5/05, Mike Kienenberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 > > > > > > > > >
