Sean, i read some threads some months ago, but i don't remember a cogent reason for forceId, except the use of pre existing scripts with hard coded ids.
And maybe the IE css problem, which i was not aware before. Maybe someone can point me to something i oversight. Regards, Volker Sean Schofield wrote: > @Volker: > > Please see the myfaces archives for some lengthy discussions on why > forceId is necessary for many developers (some of those reasons have > been mentioned in this thread already.) Maybe we won't support it in > Tobago but that doesn't mean that its not a good idea. > > Sean > > On 5/25/06, John <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Then if forceId is not supported, how do you use pre-existing javascript >> methods that need to be passed an id, since the html Ids are dynamically >> generated and fully qualified. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Volker Weber [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2006 8:28 AM >> To: MyFaces Discussion >> Subject: Re: forceId not supported in Tobago? >> >> Just another reason to avoid the IE ;-) >> >> There is no need for css things in tobago, the theming does this for >> you. >> >> >> Regards, >> Volker >> >> Jeff Bischoff wrote: >> > because you can't escape the ':' symbol in IE CSS. So you run into >> > trouble with CSS, and potentially make things harder in javascript >> too. >> > >> > Volker Weber wrote: >> > >> >> Hi John, >> >> >> >> yes, thats correct. And i still can't see any good reason to need it. >> >> >> >> What is the problem having fully-qualified ids in generated html? >> >> You have still full controll over the generated ids by assigning a id >> >> >> to each namingContainer component tag. >> >> >> >> Tobago tags with UIComponents implementing NamingContainer are: >> >> sheet, form, page, popup, tree and treeListbox. >> >> >> >> IMHO using forceId will introduce more problems than it solves. >> >> >> >> >> >> Regards, >> >> Volker >> >> >> >> John wrote: >> >> >> >>> Is this correct - has some other method been chosen to ensure that >> >>> ids are not fully-qualified in the generated HTML? >> >>> >> >>> John >> >>> >> >> >> >> >> > >> > >> >> -- >> Don't answer to From: address! >> Mail to this account are droped if not recieved via mailinglist. >> To contact me direct create the mail address by concatenating my >> forename to my senders domain. >> >> > -- Don't answer to From: address! Mail to this account are droped if not recieved via mailinglist. To contact me direct create the mail address by concatenating my forename to my senders domain.
