Thanks Paul for this nice tip. On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 11:04 PM, Paul Bors <p...@bors.ws> wrote:
> If you use wicket-component-expressions from com.googlecode.londonwicket > you > can get to the list of all the components on the page that have that > "username" id via a regexp of "**:username", but as James mentioned > earlier, > the ID is not unique and your wicket component tree might have such > multiple > nodes (hence why wicket-component-expressions gives you a list of them). > > I normally know that my panel has only one such component by the ID since I > developed it, so if I attach it to my page inside a panel with an ID like > "myPanel" then I use "**:myPanel:**:username" and I also filter by the > component type such as TextField.class to narrow down the search. > > That's not production code, is unit test and I'm assuming that's the > context > of your question. By using such regexp, I found myself refactoring the unit > test code less when shuffling panels on a page. > > ~ Thank you, > Paul Bors > > -----Original Message----- > From: James Eliyezar [mailto:ja...@mcruncher.com] > Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2012 4:12 AM > To: users@wicket.apache.org > Subject: Re: Is there a way to search component by its wicket ID ? > > Because the id is unique only within the markup container of a component. > It need not be unique in a page. This is by design. > For more details refer: > https://cwiki.apache.org/WICKET/component-hierarchy.html > > > On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 3:42 PM, arkadyz111 <azelek...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > But why we have to write "userForm" ? What is an idea behind of this ? > > > > Why get("username") is not enough ? > > > > > > > > -- > > View this message in context: > > > > http://apache-wicket.1842946.n4.nabble.com/Is-there-a-way-to-search-componen > t-by-its-wicket-ID-tp4651175p4651217.html > > Sent from the Users forum mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@wicket.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@wicket.apache.org > > > > > > > -- > Thanks & regards > James Selvakumar > mcruncher.com > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@wicket.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@wicket.apache.org > > -- Thanks & regards James Selvakumar mcruncher.com
