The description is a bit whacky. A panel is a container that replaces any contents. I.e. you can draw a box on your screen and if that was a panel, that whole box would be replaced by the contents of the panel. A box is kind of te opposite. It is meant to decorate a component; it draws around it. Please check out the component reference in wicket-examples.
Eelco On 3/16/06, Tom van Zummeren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > A beginners question, what is the difference between a Panel and a border > component? I tried to use them both and I couldn't tell the difference > between the two. > > I found this description on wicket-wiki: > > |The Panel component is a component that groups together a collection of > other components and have an |associated markup. It is the basic building > block for reusable site elements. > |The Border component provides a way of wrapping a set of markup around a > markup container. Typically the most |common use to to provide a common site > template (e.g. header, footer, menu etc.) that gets wrapped around > |individual content pages. The result being that top level site layout only > needs to be maintained in one |markup file. However, the Border component is > much more powerful than this simple use case as it can be used |to achieve > exactly the same functionality for individual elements on a page. > > Ok, so they both are containers for other components and they can have > markup. > They say the difference is that the Border component is more powerful..... > so why does a Panel even exist then? > I am confused. > > Thanks, > > Tom van Zummeren > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language > that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast > and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=110944&bid=241720&dat=121642 > _______________________________________________ > Wicket-user mailing list > Wicket-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wicket-user > ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid0944&bid$1720&dat1642 _______________________________________________ Wicket-user mailing list Wicket-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wicket-user
