I don't quite understand your goals here, but generally you'll want to have a container layout definition which includes things like navigation, common page logos, etc. This layout will also provide areas where content from other pages may be placed, using the layout-component tag. Optionally, layout-component may render other content directly, by name, which I think you are trying to do with topbar.jsp.
For example, main_layout.jsp may look like this: <s:layout-definition> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd";> <html> <head> </head> <body> <s:layout-component name="header"> <s:layout-render name="/WEB-INF/layout/header.jsp"/> </s:layout-component> <table> <tr> <td width="165"> <s:layout-component name="nav"> <s:layout-render name="/WEB-INF/layout/nav.jsp"/> </s:layout-component> </td> <td> <s:layout-component name="contents"/> </td> </tr> </table> <s:layout-component name="header"> <s:layout-render name="/WEB-INF/layout/footer.jsp"/> </s:layout-component> </body> </html> </s:layout-definition> In this example, /WEB-INF/layout.header.jsp, nav.jsp, and footer.jsp are rendered directly. The <s:layout-component name="contents"/> is where other pages may insert their content into main_layout.jsp, such as this: some_other_page.jsp: <s:layout-render name="/WEB-INF/layout/main_layout.jsp"> <s:layout-component name="contents"> ( normal HTML goes here and will be rendered into "contents" of main_layout.jsp ) </s:layout-component> </s:layout-render> Your java code will reference "some_other_page.jsp" when using ForwardResolution or RedirectResolution. You would normally never reference "main_layout.jsp" in your Java code, but only from other jsp pages. And yes, as you can see from these examples, you can reference /WEB-INF without using absolute paths. Also, be careful to be consistent in naming (TopBar.jsp vs. topbar.jsp). Quoting Javier Domingo <javier...@gmail.com>: > Hi, > > I am developing a web app, and I want to use the Nested Layouts feature. > But in the docs I don't see it very clear, if I have: > > in main_layout.jsp > >> <div id="menu"> >> <stripes:layout-component name="topbar"> >> <jsp:include page="TopBar.jsp"/> >> </stripes:layout-component> >> </div> > > > I should put in TopBar.jsp > >> <stripes:layout-definition> >> <stripes:layout-component name="TopBar"> >> <ul><li>Elem1</li></ul> >> </stripes:layout-component> > > </stripes:layout-definition> > > > or just the html stuff? And if I don't want to make the layout jsp > available, can I use relative paths? I say this because I work inside > WEB-INF and map the .jsp in .html > > Greetings, > > Javier Domingo > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Better than sec? Nothing is better than sec when it comes to monitoring Big Data applications. Try Boundary one-second resolution app monitoring today. Free. http://p.sf.net/sfu/Boundary-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Stripes-users mailing list Stripes-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/stripes-users
