This was specifically discussed on the EG; a problem
is that NamingContainer.SEPARATOR_CHAR is a static String
constant, so there's no way to introduce an API to set it
without breaking backwards compatibility - any code that
referred to SEPARATOR_CHAR would have to be changed
to point at a new API, or break.
-- Adam
On 4/20/06, Andrew Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Although this really brings up the question about if ':' is a wise choice
> for ID separation. Perhaps a new feature should be introduced to JSF to be
> able to set this?
>
> web.xml:
> <context-param>
> <param-name> javax.faces.ID_SEPARATOR</param-name>
> <param-value>-</param-value>
> </context-param>
>
> If it isn't given, it could default to ':'.
>
> What do you think?
>
> It would also help to be able to get the client ID from the XHTML/JSP.
> Perhaps an EL method of getting the current component or something. That way
> forceId would not be needed.
>
> It would be a large change, but I think it would be nice.
>
> -Andrew
>
>
>
>
> On 4/20/06, Martin Marinschek < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Yes,
> >
> > I was told so too- then I went ahead and tried it out in the browsers.
> > Thanks to Microsoft, it doesn't work in IE. Firefox implements it,
> > though.
> >
> > We're back to using forceid.
> >
> > regards,
> >
> > Martin
> >
> > On 4/19/06, Adam Winer <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote:
> > > Colin,
> > >
> > > It's not incompatible with CSS; you just need to use a backslash
> > > to escape it:
> > >
> > > <style>
> > > div#foo { background-color:red}
> > > div#foo\:bar { background-color:green}
> > > </style>
> > >
> > > <div id="foo">Foo</div>
> > > <div id="foo:bar">Foo:Bar</div>
> > >
> > > -- Adam
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On 4/19/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Is it mandated that component ids use colons, e.g. form:comp?
> > > >
> > > > We have had some problems with a CSS that was using id selectors to
> apply
> > > > styles to particular elements. However, colon is not valid in a CSS id
> > > > selector. Is it possible to change the character that JSF uses in ids?
> It
> > > > seems odd that JSF would do something that is incompatible with CSS.
> > > >
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