Don't. I haven't had to make a page with form layout elements in a while. Been writing controls, not using them lately.
On Sun, Jul 6, 2008 at 3:35 PM, Richard Yee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Andrew, > What do you use instead to lay out form elements? > > -Richard > > > On Sun, Jul 6, 2008 at 11:45 AM, Andrew Robinson > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I have to punt, I have no used the panelFormLayout hardly at all, so I >> can't speak to how it should work. >> >> On Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 10:23 PM, Richard Yee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> Mathias and Andrew, >>> Thanks for the replies. Actually, I found that the problem is the same as >>> what Mathias Walter posted on 7/2/2008 regarding nested panelFormLayouts. I >>> happen to have a nested panelFormLayout. When this happens, as he describes, >>> the maxColumns in the nested panelFormLayout becomes 1. This causes the >>> label to be placed above the input text instead of beside it. Do you think >>> this is correct behavior or does it warrant submitting a Jira issue? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> Richard >>> >>> This is Mathias Walter's posting: >>> Subject: [Trinidad] nested tr:panelFormLayout >>> Date: 7/2/2008 10:36AM >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I'd like to have the following component structure: >>> >>> <tr:table> >>> <f:facet name="detailStamp"> >>> <tr:panelFormLayout> >>> some <tr:inputText> >>> <tr:table> >>> <f:facet name="detailStamp"> >>> <tr:panelFormLayout> >>> some <tr:inputText> >>> </tr:panelFormLayout> >>> </f:facet> >>> </tr:table> >>> </tr:panelFormLayout> >>> </f:facet> >>> </tr:table> >>> >>> Unfortunately, the innermost tr:panelFormLayout does not align the >>> inputTexts like the outermost tr:panelFormLayout. The input element will be >>> placed below the label. That's not what I want and what's expected. >>> >>> According to the documentation: If this panelFormLayout is inside of another >>> panelFormLayout, maxColumns will always be 1. >>> But that sould not affect a nondirect nested panelFormLayout. And >>> maxColumns=1 does not mean that label and input will be aligned one upon the >>> other. >>> >>> How can I achive a correct panelFormLayout for the innermost components? >>> >>> BTW: I'm using Trinidad 1.2.8 with Facelets 1.1.14. >>> >>> -- >>> >>> >>> Andrew Robinson wrote: >>>> >>>> Check the demo. You can see it running here: >>>> >>>> http://www.irian.at/trinidad-demo/faces/components/panelFormLayout.jspx >>>> >>>> Just look at the demo source from SVN >>>> >>>> On Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 12:54 PM, Richard Yee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> Does anyone know what controls the position (above or beside) of the >>>>> label for an inputText element? >>>>> I have a page with an inputText element that is inside a >>>>> <tr:panelFormLayout>. The label is appearing above the input text >>>>> field like this: >>>>> >>>>> Username: >>>>> ------------------------------------- >>>>> | | >>>>> ------------------------------------- >>>>> >>>>> what I want is the label to appear beside the input >>>>> >>>>> ie. >>>>> -------------------------------- >>>>> Username: | | >>>>> -------------------------------- >>>>> >>>>> Thanks, >>>>> >>>>> Richard >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> >
