OK, that makes more sense then. I wasn't considering the memory issue. And I already have things just about ready to go as a self contained component. My plan was to contribute it to wicket-stuff. I'll get the custom HeaderContributor finished, and then will do so.
Thanks again for the help! Tauren On 6/24/07, Igor Vaynberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 6/24/07, Tauren Mills <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Igor, > > > > Thanks for the solution! I'll go that route for now. > > > > However, I'm not convinced that supporting alternate stylesheets is > > outside the scope of wicket core. Mozilla browsers support switching > > to alternate stylesheets from a menu option: > > http://www.w3.org/Style/Examples/007/alternatives.html > > > > That alone is probably not a good enough incentive to include it in > > core. But my use case is to improve accessibility. The site I'm > > making is for senior citizens, so I'm providing them with a way to > > easily scale the size of the font displayed on the site by clicking > > font size icons on the page. This technique is explained here: > > http://alistapart.com/stories/alternate/ > > > > This solution uses javascript to activate and deactivate the alternate > > stylesheets. I prefer to utilize javascript for quick stylesheet > > changes rather than a round-trip to the server. I realize I could > > accomplish the same thing with server round-trips and not need any > > custom HeaderContributor. > > > > Lastly, it is possible to group stylesheets together and activate or > > deactivate them all at once if they have the same title. Adding that > > attribute would make it more robust. > > > > Regardless, as you have shown, it isn't hard to implement my own > > IHeaderContributor. I just wasn't sure how to go about it, and now I > > am. So perhaps you are right in that it is best left out of core. > > > > Thanks again! > > Tauren > > > > in fact, take it a bit further: > > StylesheetSwitcher switcher=new StylesheetSwitcher(); > switcher.addStylesheet("small", new ResourceReference... > switcher.addStylesheet("medium", new ResourceReference... > switcher.addStylesheet ("large", new ResourceReference... > add(switcher); > > add(new SwitchStylesheetLink("link", switcher, "small")); > add(new IncreateStylesheetLink("plus", switcher); > > you can encapsulate all this stuff including javascript, etc, in an > encapsulated header contributor and make it totally transparent and reusable > across projects. then after you get it working feel free to contribute it to > wicketstuff-minis :) > > -igor > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express > Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take > control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. > http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ > _______________________________________________ > Wicket-user mailing list > Wicket-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wicket-user > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Wicket-user mailing list Wicket-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wicket-user
