Stephen,
The unfortunate answer to that is... Possibly. JSF tags (depending on
the renderkit of course) will have multiple elements within the tags.
Especially when using facelets, it is like 90% useless to use tags that
simply replace existing HTML tags. Therefore, the tags you are using
will contain a series of other tags. Now obviously when a developer
writes these components, they try to "do the right thing" when creating
the component and allow you to append styling. Styling not only works
different in all browsers, but the interactions of styles (ie one style
inside of another) is also different from browser to browser.
I would suggest possibly posting some examples of how things are not
laid out correctly and maybe someone can give you some ideas or, if the
problem is one of coding, submit a patch to fix the issue.
I do feel your pain, but it is neigh impossible when making a component
to account for all the style combinations which is why, in Trinidad, we
have skinning system which cuts down on these issues by allowing the
app developer to "skin" the components at a much more granular level.
Maybe something like this will find its way into other renderkits or JSF
some day.
Scott
Stephen Osella wrote:
I am getting wierd behavior from what I would expect my layout
positioning should be, and (as usual) it is different in both IE and
Firefox. Does JSF put hidden elements that the browser messes up on?
Is there a preferred way to layout pages in JSF? I have seen facelets
and layout tags. Any recommendations?
Thanks!
