You could use a JSP expression to output the readonly='true' attribute of the html:text or use the html-el library and use jstl to evaluate the attribute.
Edgar > -----Original Message----- > From: Chris Gastin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2003 12:29 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Editable Fields V/S Static Text > > > Has anyone considered a feature which toggles between an > editable form element and read only text / static text. > > I find myself developing JSPs where depending on the Use > Case "fieldA" could be an editalbe text box (<input > name="fieldA" value="My Text Value" > />) in Use Case 1 on xyz.jsp and readonly text /static text > in Use Case 2 (My Text Value) on the same jsp. Presently I am > using the <logic:equal></logic:equal> tags. Which get really > messy. Here is some sample code. > > <logic:equals name="actionForm" property="myFieldEditable" > value="true"> > <html:text name="actionForm" property"myField" /> > </logic:equal> <logic:equals name="actionForm" > property="myFieldEditable" value="false"> > <bean:write name="actionForm" property"myField" /> </logic:equal> > > > It would be nice to add an attribute to the current tag > libraries, which is a boolean, and does this toggling for > you. Here is what I am envisioning > > If actionForm.myField = "My Text Value"; This tag <html:text > name="actionForm" property"myField" readOnlyText="true"/> > would output "My Text Value". > > Where <html:text name="actionForm" property"myField" > readOnlyText="false"/> the following tag would output <input > name="fieldA" value="My Text Value" /> > > As you can imagine this would not be a huge undertaking to > add this feature to the current tag libraries in struts. I > could use this feature, and I am sure other could too. I am > willing to contribute my time to the development effort. I am > not stuck on the attribute name "readOnlyText", and would > welcome suggestions. Does this sound like a good idea, and if > the answer is yes, what is the next step. > > Chris Gastin > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
