Matt, the $ui.TextField.set(bla) format looks better and more intuitive imho. The #bodytag format looks terrible imho and #tag is so-so.
Ara. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Matt Ho > Sent: Sunday, June 01, 2003 7:20 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [OS-webwork] velocity ui tags redux > > I've checked an alternate format for rendering the WebWork2 ui tags from > Velocity. My hope is to migrate to this new style and deprecate (then > remove) the current $ui style for rendering. > > Previously, the following JSP tags > > <ui:textfield label="mylabel" name="myname" value="myvalue"/> > > would be written as > > $ui.TextField.set("mylabel", "myname", "myvalue").Show > > in Velocity. Under the new format, you would write: > > #tag( TextField "label=mylabel" "name=myname" "value=myvalue" ) > > or > > #bodytag( TextField "label=mylabel" "name=myname" "value=myvalue" ) > #param( "param1" "value1") > #param( "param2" "value2") > #end > > if you need to pass in additional parameters. Any and all feedback > would be most welcome. My feeling is that the first construct feels > awkward and unintuitive. > > One issue with this new style is that attributes are declared via > "name=name1" rather than the JSP style of name="name1". This is because > Velocity's parser pukes on the later for custom user Directives. If > anyone knows a way around this, I'm all ears! > > Enjoy! > > ps - does anyone know of an IDEA plugin that can chromacode Velocity > templates? > > M > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: eBay > Get office equipment for less on eBay! > http://adfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/711-11697-6916-5 > _______________________________________________ > Opensymphony-webwork mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/opensymphony-webwork __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Calendar - Free online calendar with sync to Outlook(TM). http://calendar.yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: eBay Get office equipment for less on eBay! http://adfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/711-11697-6916-5 _______________________________________________ Opensymphony-webwork mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/opensymphony-webwork
