In CFEclipse, the required attributes are delineated from the optional with the whole list in alphabetical order, so I like to go through and do all the required ones first, then snag any optional I need.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Dawson, Michael [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, December 16, 2005 8:31 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Attribute Order Preferences > > I'm curious as to what others do when entering attributes. > For those of > you who use an IDE that has the "Tag Insight" feature such as > Dreamweaver or Homesite, as you know, these applications typically > present a list of attributes in alphabetical order. > > So, do you add attributes in alpha order, do you group related > attributes or do you not even care? > > I, for one, tend to keep optional attributes to the far right of the > tag. I also tend to keep the commonly-changed attributes toward the > left. My reasoning is that I want to see the most-important > attributes > without having to scroll to the right in case the tag won't fit on a > single screen. > > I also tend to break up large tags, such as CFLDAP on multiple lines. > Tags with few attributes tend to stay on a single line. > > For example: > <cfldap action="" attributes="" filter="" name="" password="" port="" > scope="" server="" username=""> > > or > > <cfldap action="" attributes="" name="" server="" username="" > password="" port=""> > > I know the order doesn't matter, but do you sort of have a "system"? > > So, what do y'all do? > > M!chael A Dawson > Manager of Web Applications > Office of Technology Services > University of Evansville > 1800 Lincoln Avenue > Evansville, IN 47722 > 812-488-2581 > MSN Messenger ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > "There are 10 types of people in the world: Those who > understand binary > numbers and those who don't." > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:227164 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
