The panelGrid components define columns by putting each of the enclosed components in its own column. These components do not read metadata out of the column or columns components. Any style settings would have to be done with attributes set directly on the panelGrid itself.
On 3/19/07, Ryan Seney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I'm relatively new to working with MyFaces so I don't know if this has been brought up before, but I'm looking for advice on the proper usage of h:PanelGrid and h:Column, along with their Tomahawk extensions t:PanelGrid and t:Column. My question arose when I was attempting to use t:Column with t:PanelGrid to format the display of a web page I'm working on. What I was attempting to do, was utilize the additional attributes in the t:Column tag, such as style, to specify the formatting for the cells in the table. In particular I was looking to adjust the alignment of the elements in the cells. Since the JavaDoc for the Tomahawk TLD states that t:Column is "A tag that extend h:column to provide HTML passthrough attributes" I was under the belief that I could use a t:Column as one would use a h:Column in a PanelGrid. However, looking at the HTML code that was generated, I noticed that the output was simply rendering standard HTML td elements without applying the HTML passthroughs for the additional attributes which the documentation suggested. I know the documentation suggests that t:Column can be used in t:DataTables instead of h:Column, so does the same hold true in the use of PanelGrids? If not, what is the best practice for using t:PanelGrid (and for that matter, h:PanelGrid)? Should I just use t:HtmlTag to manually specify tr and td tags to be used in this case? Since I'm trying to use the style attribute, h:Column is not an option since there is no way to specify a style to be used in the tag. Thanks in advance, Ryan
