Thank you Simon for your openion !! On 12/19/08, Simon Kitching <[email protected]> wrote: > > Yep, you should definitely ditch htmLib. It's only a workaround for the > problems JSF1.1+JSP had mixing static and dynamic content. With > JSF1.2+JSP, this is solved. Or even better, move to Facelets. > > That still doesn't solve the original question though: is it better to > lay out pages using raw html tags or h:panelGrid. > > Personally, I would suggest using plain html + CSS is better. The > h:panelGrid generates html table components for html layout, which is > generally regarded as being ugly; instead a page's html should represent > the "meaningful" structure of the data, then CSS style rules should be > used to control the actual layout on the page. Of course this approach > does mean > (a) your team may need to improve their knowledge of CSS, and > (b) backwards support for old browsers is not so easy (in particular, > CSS positioning is dodgy in IE6 and completely broken in earlier IE > versions). > > Regards, > Simon > > Ali Ok schrieb: > > Hi Ayub, > > > > Main purpose of that library is providing HTML tag flexibility before > > JSF 1.2. Before JSF 1.2, nonJSF HTML tags should be enclosed in > > f:verbatim. So, htmLib is helping you writing HTML tags without > > f:verbatim, because it has most HTML tags as JSF tags. > > > > If you are suggested to avoid htmLib, you can use JSF 1.2 compliant > > MyFaces version and just write HTML tags. > > Of course there is some limitations. For example, you can't just write > > a <h:commandButton> inside a <form> instead of <h:form>. > > > > Also, you can use Facelets for rendering. > > > > Regards, > > Ali > > > > 2008/12/18 Ayub Khan <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > > > > Hi, > > > > We are using htmLib tag library listed at > > http://www.jsftutorials.net/htmLib/ website. > > > > We are using this tag as it will give us flexibility to design the > > complex forms in jsf. We have not found any issues with this tag. > > However my architect is suggesting not to use this tag, his > > argument is that its not a standard jsf tag and instead use > > <h:panelGrid> tag. > > > > I am not able to use <h:panelGrid> as it does not give me enough > > felxibility on the layout of components. > > > > Could any one let me know their openions here ? > > > > Regards > > Ayub > > > > -- > > -- "Two roads diverged in a wood > > And I took the one less traveled by > > And that has made all the difference. > > > > Robert Frost....." > > > > > >
-- -- "Two roads diverged in a wood And I took the one less traveled by And that has made all the difference. Robert Frost....."
