I would ask this question in a separate thread. The folks who might know the answer may not be reading a post about how to use t:dataList :-)
On 8/21/06, Danimal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I have a question about html rendering kits and W3C specifications. The html rendering kits I have looked at don't mention the specification of the W3C they are rendering to and this may be problematic in the future. I imagine the implementations we see today render 4.01, but what keeps the components synchronized with the spec when the spec hypothethically evolves. This seems like it will create lots of maintenance work, but it would be helpful in the JSF rendering kits to keep track of what level of spec the kit is rendering for. For instance, if I am doing in house development, I may archive a browser at the 4.01 spec and then I can keep using an older html rendering kit as I can control the environment. But when the 5.0 spec comes out, there will probably be fundamental changes and browsers will accommodate this. Browsers may not remain interpretting 4.01 and instead only render 5.0. I can see this as problematic, especially if a developer is using a 4.01 rendering kit with browsers that support 5.0 specification. Of course, this argument is completely hypothetical as I have no knowledge of a W3C 5.0 HTML specification. Related to the above paragraph, if I was to make modifications to the rendering portion of the datalist, I imagine it should be to 4.01 specifications. Is this a correct presumption on my part? This will be my first time working on a component, so hopefully this doesn't turn into a case of biting off more than I can chew. Thank you for all your help and attentiveness, Danimal Mike Kienenberger wrote: > > On 8/21/06, Danimal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Well, I tried the simple datalist and the problem is that it renders a >> span >> tag around the output. > > Does it? What's your page code look like? Most "non-rendering" > components won't render anything unless they're forced to by you > putting in a style class or an explicit id value. > > >> This is unnecessary and it breaks what I am trying to >> do. Is there a way to do away with the span tag? I am thinking about just >> downloading the source and making the slight modification to make the >> datalist more robust. However, I am leary of taking this route as it is >> going to require extra effort on my part. > > If you fix a bug or improve something, contribute a patch of the > change and we'll add it to MyFaces. > > >> PS: I apologize to the list for responding to this thread earlier with >> just >> a thank you. I just read the etiquette tips above in red. > > Not sure what tips those are, but I'd disagree with them -- it's > certainly helpful to response to a thread stating that a solution > worked so the next person reading the thread knows there's a solution. > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Tomahawk-DataList-tf2138090.html#a5910568 Sent from the MyFaces - Users forum at Nabble.com.
