On Mon, 25 Nov 2002, Matt Raible wrote: > Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2002 11:10:33 -0700 > From: Matt Raible <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: Struts Developers List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Enhancement Request - add label and labelKey to form elements > > I thought I'd run this idea by the development team before entering it > into Bugzilla. > > One of the items that is required with 508 compliance is a <label> value > for each form element: > > For example: > > <label for="name">Name:</label> > <input type="text" id="name" size="50" name="name" /> > > More information at: http://www.csuohio.edu/uctl/508/forms.html > > This would typically be rendered with Struts tags using: > > <label for="name">Name:</label> > <html:text name="name" styleId="name" size="50"/> > > To make it easier, we could do: > > <html:text name="name" styleId="name" size="50" label="Name:"/> OR > <html:text name="name" styleId="name" size="50" labelKey="prompt.name"/> > > The problems I see with this are that you lose some control over the > presentation (i.e. a <br /> after the label or labels in a separate > <td>). However, it might be useful for rapid prototyping and > code-generating tools. My hope someday is that the JSP simply renders > XML, and then an XSL stylesheet is applied, and in this case, the > presentation issues would disappear? > > What does everyone think? Would anyone use it? >
I think a way to create <label> elements would be very useful. I just don't think we should embed it in the existing UI element tags (for the reasons that others have articulated. How about a new <html:label> tag instead. Then, you could do things like this on the logon page in struts-example: ... <tr> <th align="right"> <html:label for="name"> <bean:message key="prompt.username"/> </html:label> </th> <td align="left"> <html:text styleId="name" property="username" size="16" maxlength="18"/> </td> </tr> ... (I thought you tied labels to elements with the "id" ???) The above approach assumes that it's not necessary to localize the element id itself (which would really complicate attempts to generate JavaScript event handlers), but you do (of course) need to localize the text of the label. This also imposes no restrictions on the mechanisms by which you manage layout, and can be easily retrofitted onto existing pages. > Thanks, > > Matt > Craig -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>