use can escape : in CSS:
#overview\:element
On 07/08/07, Simon Lessard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The main one is probably the risk to cause a name clash with user defined
> ids.
>
>
> On 8/7/07, Bryan Basham <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > There is a well-known problem with JSF's choice of using a colon
> > as the NAMING_SEPARATOR character: The CSS standard does
> > not work well with HTML IDs that include a colon in the name.
> > So for example, if you try to style a specific input element...
> > <h:form id='x'>
> > <h:inputText id='name' ... />
> > </h:form>
> >
> > ...with a CSS file entry...
> > input#x:name { /* style configuration */}
> >
> > This is illegal in CSS. As I said, this is well known. Here are a few
> > links that a co-worker discovered in his investigation:
> >
> >
> https://javaserverfaces-spec-public.dev.java.net/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=161
> >
> http://www.nabble.com/Colons-in-component-ids-tf1476983.html#a4015739
> > http://wiki.apache.org/myfaces/css_component_ids
> >
> > My team is investigating a work-around for this. I read through
> > the UIComponentBase.getClientId() code and it is clear that we
> > cannot alter the NAMING_SEPARATOR character. However,
> > I did notice the component's renderer is given the opportunity to
> > convert the name before it is stored (and returned from the getClientId
> > method). The base Renderer.convertClientId method simply returns
> > the passed in string; no conversion.
> >
> > Has anyone tried to override this convertClientId method to change the
> > colon to some other, CSS-compatible character? If so, which character
> > did you use to replace the colon? And did this conversion cause other
> > problems within the JSF framework itself?
> >
> > The PROs are clear: enables component-specific styling. The CONs are
> > not so obvious, but the biggest "gotcha" I have found is that if you use
> > standard JSF components, you must override their renderers to support
> > the conversion. Can anyone think of other gotchas?
> >
> > Regards,
> > Bryan
> >
> >
>
>
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