P.S.: I keep asking if the JSF expert group has put any thoughts into this issue, and I haven't been given any answer so far - maybe this time there is someone of the expert group reading this thread?
regards, Martin On 1/7/06, Martin Marinschek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > There is one very, very valid reason for forceId I keep reiterating > over and over (me not being a friend of forceId in the firstplace, but > very happy to have it after doing some real world JSF-projects): > > when you style with CSS, you quite often style with respect to the id > - the # selector is what is used for this. > > Now, the JSF generated ids are looking like this: > > formId:namingContainerId:myComponentId > > if you use this in your CSS, the selector will become the following: > > #formId:namingContainerId:myComponentId > > now, the colon is also the pseudo-class selector in CSS (e.g. > a:hover), and I have unsucessfully tried to get this type of selection > to run in any current browser - id styling just doesn't work anymore > with the JSF approach of designing id's, obviously. Please, please, > correct me if I am wrong (I'd be very happy to be corrected regarding > this)! > > regards, > > Martin > > On 1/7/06, Volker Weber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Volker Weber wrote: > > > > > > I think i should read this tread. > > > > > > [1] http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg00680.html > > > > > > > After reading this, i think there is only one new aspect for me. > > > > The problem with porting existing applications to jsf. If those existing > > application uses javascript with *hardcoded* element ids, which can't be > > easyly changed to the new naming sheme. > > > > This scenario is the only one where i'm (for me) willing to accept the > > use of forceId. > > > > But i fear that the page structure is changing so mutch, when porting to > > jsf, it will break those scipts anyway. > > > > Regards > > Volker > > > > -- > > Don't answer to From: address! > > Mail to this account are droped if not recieved via mailinglist. > > To contact me direct create the mail address by > > concatenating my forename to my senders domain. > > > > > -- > > http://www.irian.at > > Your JSF powerhouse - > JSF Consulting, Development and > Courses in English and German > > Professional Support for Apache MyFaces > -- http://www.irian.at Your JSF powerhouse - JSF Consulting, Development and Courses in English and German Professional Support for Apache MyFaces
