In my application I extensively use the component generated id to perform
some DOM updates on the client side, also for client-side validation.
Also getting a DOM element by its ID is the fastest method comparing with
finding it using it's css class.
Sam Hough wrote:
>
> When is the killer case for using id?
>
>
>
> Alex Objelean wrote:
>>
>> My personal opinion is that switching from id to class is not such a good
>> idea, simply because the ID attributes guaranties (of course you can
>> create two elements with same ID, but it is not the same as with class
>> attribute) the unicity of the element, also you can find the element from
>> js using document.getElementById...
>>
>> I hope that this radical change will not be made in the 1.3 release as it
>> has a great impact on any application developed using the latest beta3
>> release. Also I think this issue should be discussed more between the
>> core developers.
>>
>> Alex.
>>
>>
>> Sam Hough wrote:
>>>
>>> We are going to stop using ids and move over to class as it make re-use
>>> easier and avoids a number of wicket problems with ids... The HTML
>>> monkey is not happy though. He reminds me of the Family Guy screaming
>>> monkey today.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Alex Objelean wrote:
>>>>
>>>> This is about how wicket generates dynamically markupID.
>>>>
>>>> I have, for instance, the following markup component:
>>>>
>>>> <input wicket:id="quantity.noOfUnits" />
>>>>
>>>> The generated markupId for this component looks like the following:
>>>> quantity.noOfUnits1232 .
>>>>
>>>> I suggest to escape any css valid specifiers from the generated
>>>> markupId, by replacing them with something else (for instance '_'
>>>> character).
>>>>
>>>> The problem appear when I am trying to identify the component by it's
>>>> id using some js library (like jQuery) and as a consequence the result
>>>> of this query: $("#quantity.noOfUnits1232") is invalid.
>>>>
>>>> Thank you!
>>>>
>>>> Alex.
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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