So it looks like one would need to (re)create something similar to the
T4 Shell component.
I've taken a brief look at the DOM api, and if I were to write something
as focused as a Style component, then it looks like I'd have to:
1) create my component class, either in my.namespace.components, or
another module that is loaded and contributed
2) get a MarkupWriter instance via void beginRender/@BeginRender
3) use writer.getRootElement() to get the root, and then traverse into
the <head>
4) assuming eHead is my <head> Element, use eHead.element("link", "rel",
"stylesheet", "type", "text/css", "href", "TODO-css-url-here"), to
append a <link>
Can anyone comment on the (in)correctness of this?
It'd be nice to ensure ordering of the sheets somehow, so they can
cascade properly. It'd be easier to do that with a more sophisticated
Shell-link component that handled building the page base (head, metas,
scripts, etc). Anyway, please share thoughts.
thanks
chris
Robert Zeigler wrote:
T5 renders with a dom.
Gives you a lot of control...
You could create a "style" component that finds the head and inserts
the appropriate <link> element.
Then your components could add their own stylesheets using the style
component, with the page and containing components none the wiser.
You would want to make sure that a given stylesheet is inserted only
once, of course (eg, if your component is contained within a loop...).
A component like this should be very straightforward to write in T5.
Robert
On Aug 13, 2007, at 8/134:51 PM , Chris Lewis wrote:
One of the nice things I learned in my brief investigation of T4.1.2
was that the Shell component would automatically pick up any style
sheets a page declared using the @Style annotation (or something like
that). I've been wondering how something like this might be achieved
in T5, using the available components as opposed to subclassing a
base page. This seems like a feature that would be part of the core,
as it is such a common need.
I know I could emulate this by creating a layout that expected a page
property, say externalCss (a collection), and using the Loop
component to iterate it and insert the link elements. Is this the
only way to do this in T5?
thanks!
chris
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