Rob Nagler wrote: > Let's say, though, that you want the same template to render > in a WAP, Opera, Konqueror, IE, NS, etc. The implementation of Grid > handles this for you. For example, our code automatically renders > style sheets for IE5+, but no other browsers. (This isn't in Grid, > but you get what I mean, I hope.)
The same template? How does the layout manager help with that? Does it modify the template? It would make more sense to me if this were a sort of abstraction to factor out common layout ideas from multiple templates. > However, sometimes you have dense tables where you allow wrapping and > other sparse tables where you don't. We have a really wide table for > admins which allows them to see all EC info at a glance. It has to > wrap all cells or it wouldn't fit on some screens. When the customer > sees the payment reason, on their subscription page, it doesn't wrap. > Two views of the same data. That doesn't require a layout manager though. Simple templating is fine for that, i.e. two different templates (views). - Perrin