On 7/10/07, Maurice Marrink <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > An editable grid is certainly possible in wicket. I've build one of > those monsters in our application. Unfortunately for you it has grown > so much to be able to do everything you ever wanted and everything you > never even knew you wanted that it is completely useless as an > example. I can however give you some tips. > - Do not use textfields or dropdowns in every cell, especially with > larger grids this is going to hurt you performance wise (ie more than > firefox but still) > -instead use one moving textfield (or a dropdown for each different > type you need) > -use spans to create editable labels (showing the textfield or other > editor on click) > -if you are going to use ajax, send multiple changes each time using > the time delay > -if you use something of a form submit you will need to collect the > changes in a custom way since you don't have textfields. > -get ready for some serious javascripting (i have some javascript to > navigate a table in javascript you should be able to reuse). > -make good use of the component structure of wicket building on cells, > rows and tables (off course you need to build these yourself). > -really think your underlying datamodel through, we are using 1 custom > model to dispatch models for each cell. but i'm not sure this is > ideal. > -inline attribute changes on your cells by overriding the > oncomponenttag to minimize your footprint. > -Keep it simple
LOL. I gotta say Maurice, your explanation sounds really simple ;) Eelco ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
