I've just tried a javascript writeback hack (trying to keep it
tapestry-ish, yet it's a hack for sure)
basically, the dialog's form elements are Any's so they populate
correctly, but don't submit to tapestry. then when the submit button is
clicked they Any's values are sucked into some hidden (TextField with
display:none in css) and the form is submitted.
I figured this would take advantage of the ajax parts that work for me,
and avoid what isn't working. the problem with this is that:
1. I need to make use of a converter to make sure that tapestry can find
the appropriate object on rewind; i can't figure out how to use a
converter on a plain old TextField or Hidden
2. If there are validation issues with the user input, the Any component
needs to receive the validator message etc, not the invisible TextField.
I'd love to be able to change my border component so that the
LinkSubmit's can sit outside of the form (substitute them with something
else) so that pages can define their own forms and where they begin/end,
however that in it's self will be a hack and it means changing ten pages
to include a hack vs changing 1 page to include a hack (if i can hack
through this dialog issue).
Any suggestions welcome. Paul.
Paul Stanton wrote:
4.1.1
Firstly, I'm pretty sure what I'm trying to do is not possible, so
read on with that in mind.
My border component defines my form. This is necessary because I have
a tabbed structure where the tabs are LinkSubmit's and need to be
associated with a Form.
My page has part of the form content always displayed, normally
without ajax or anything dynamic. This part is a list of elements with
checkboxes to enable/disable.
When clicking on an element in the list, a dojo Dialog is displayed
containing a previously existant yet hidden portion of the form to
edit the attributes of the element along with a LinkSubmit to submit
the whole form (border form) when the user is done.
Note that I must continue the existing border's form as the dialog
code needs to sit within the border, otherwise it would fall outside
of the html element.
I can't for the life of me get this to work. I think because the
Dialog is re-rendered (updateComponent) the dialogs portion of the
form is essentially detached from the border forms request cycle. No
matter what I enter in the dialog, nothing comes back to the listener
when the form is submitted.
Is what I'm trying to do possible, or do I need to rip apart my border
component so that I can embed a separate form in the dialog?
Thanks, Paul.
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