Thanks to both of you for your help.
I've got things working now, and have updated the wiki docs:
http://wiki.apache.org/myfaces/Dynamic_Menus_with_JSCookMenu
As noted there, encoding a url into the action field does work - but
only when the url is absolute.
So instead I used
action="javascript:showFoo();"
and the showFoo method then gets the url to open from a hidden field in
the page so I can calculate it dynamically. Note that I explicitly
wanted to open the url in a new window (otherwise I would just be using
the action form).
Mike wrote:
> (/^\w*:A\]\w*:\/\//) != null ) {
>
> start-of-string any-number-of-alphanumerics colon A ]
> any-number-of-alphanumerics colon W
Almost; format matched is:
menu-id :A] protocol://url
where ":A]" is a literal used as a separator between the two bits.
Thanks again,
Simon
Sorin Silaghi wrote:
from what I've seen if you put any EL in the action field it will try to
use the outcome with jsf's navigation system... so I don't think any JS
would work like that.. and there is not much you can do about it because
you would have to specify if what you are returning from the backing
bean is to be interpreted for navigation rules or just as a plain URL...
On 3/29/07, *Mike Kienenberger* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote:
Does the attribute take a value binding? Maybe a temporary workaround
would be to return javascript that navigates to a url.
The pattern to match looks like it might be
(/^\w*:A\]\w*:\/\//) != null ) {
start-of-string any-number-of-alphanumerics colon A ]
any-number-of-alphanumerics colon W
blahblahblah:A]blahblahblah:W
Weird. Maybe I'm missreading it.
On 3/29/07, Sorin Silaghi < [EMAIL PROTECTED]
<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote:
> if you just want a static URL it's easy ... you can put it in the
action
> field. You can even put JS in there so that you get the pop-up
you want. The
> problem appears if you want it to be dynamic. For example if you
want to
> generate the URL in the backing bean you have to find another
way. I'm
> trying to do the same thing but don't have a solution yet. I need
the link
> to be outside my web app but untill now I've only been able to
redirect
> inside the JSF app
>
>
> On 3/29/07, Simon Kitching <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'd like to have a jscookmenu entry that loads a url into a
popup window
> > rather than perform a submit.
> >
> > The file MyFacesHack.js appears to be making an effort to allow
this in
> > function cmItemMouseUp:
> >
> > if (link != null)
> > {
> > if (link.match(/^\w*:A\]\w*:\/\//) != null ) {
> > // Link is a URL
> > link = link.replace(/^\w*:A\]/, ""); // Remove JSF ID
> > window.open (link, target);
> > } else if (link.match(/^\w*:A\]\w*:/) != null ) {
> > // Link is a script method
> > ....
> > } else {
> > // Link is a JSF action
> > ....
> >
> >
> > However I can't figure out what I need to put in my JSP file
(ie the
> > t:navigationMenuItem tags) to get that "Link is a URL" block to
trigger.
> >
> > Can anyone enlighten me?
> >
> > BTW, I'm using tomahawk 1.1.3 + JSP.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Simon
> >
>
>
