I eventually found a situation where I needed this and it worked like a charm! Thanks Andreas.
Jim Andreas Andreou wrote: > > I've always had such direct links after their updateComponents > and used updateComponents="clientId:componentWrapper" > (though nowadays updateComponents="componentWrapper" is equivalent). > > So, I never had to have the link before the wrapper - but i believe > (though > never tried) that peekClientId() in IComponent is for this exact reason, > so, in your first example, try > > updateComponents="ognl:components.componentWrapper.peekClientId()" > > > > > On 10/23/07, Jim Roycroft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >> I spent three hours on this silly thing so I hope this post will help you >> avoid that! >> >> I was testing this out with two iterations of the loop, and that's what >> caused me grief. As soon as I switched to four iterations, I figured out >> what was happening: >> >> I have a SimplePage.html which includes this: >> >> < span jwcid="@For" source="ognl:wordList" value="ognl:word" >> index="ognl:objectIndex" > >> < a href="#" jwcid="@DirectLink" updateComponents="componentWrapper" >> listener="listener:showTheWord" parameters="ognl:word">Show the word >> < p> >> < span jwcid="[EMAIL PROTECTED]"> >> < div jwcid="showWordComponent"/> >> < /span> >> < /p> >> < /span> >> < /span> >> >> >> I look at the generated page source and the clientId's within the >> @DirectLink links don't look right: >> >> < span id="For"> >> < a id="DirectLink" >> >> href="/playing/SimplePage,$DirectLink.direct?sp=Sfirst&updateParts=componentWrapper" >> onclick="return tapestry.linkOnClick(this.href,'DirectLink', false)">Show >> the word >> < p> >> < span id="componentWrapper"> >> Word: >> < /span> >> < /p> >> < /span> >> < a id="DirectLink_0" >> >> href="/playing/SimplePage,$DirectLink.direct?sp=Ssecond&updateParts=componentWrapper" >> onclick="return tapestry.linkOnClick(this.href,'DirectLink_0', >> false)">Show >> the word >> < p> >> < span id="componentWrapper_0"> >> Word: >> < /span> >> < /p> >> >> Look at the second link... it still shows 'updateParts=componentWrapper' >> when it should be 'updateParts=componentWrapper_0'. >> >> The solution to this is trivial (once you know what's going on!). Simply >> move the directlink code below the component in question, so we have: >> >> < span jwcid="@For" source="ognl:wordList" value="ognl:word" >> index="ognl:objectIndex" > >> < p> >> < span jwcid="[EMAIL PROTECTED]"> >> < div jwcid="showWordComponent"/> >> < /span> >> < /p> >> < a href="#" jwcid="@DirectLink" updateComponents="componentWrapper" >> listener="listener:showTheWord" parameters="ognl:word">Show the word >> < /span> >> < /span> >> >> Now the links will be correct. The reason this happens is that the >> @DirectLink component will ask for the componentWrapper clientId on the >> first round, and it will default to the componentId because the clientId >> has >> not been set yet because componentWrapper has not been rendered. The >> second >> time around, the @DirectLink will still have the wrong value because it >> renders before the componentWrapper. >> >> I hope all that was clear.... if not, please ask questions and I'll be >> happy >> to re-write and re-word it. >> >> Jim >> >> -- >> View this message in context: >> http://www.nabble.com/-T4.1.3--Tip-for-using-using-directlink-and-updatecomponents-in-a-for-loop-tf4674929.html#a13356699 >> Sent from the Tapestry - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> > > > -- > Andreas Andreou - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://blog.andyhot.gr > Tapestry / Tacos developer > Open Source / JEE Consulting > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/-T4.1.3--Tip-for-using-using-directlink-and-updatecomponents-in-a-for-loop-tf4674929.html#a13785068 Sent from the Tapestry - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
