Hi Josh, Indeed t:id does work, but apart from the fact that I'm not entirely sure what T5 does with that value as opposed to the un-namespaced version (id), it doesn't fully work. The reason is because the Any component, like many in the core lib, do not explicitly write a DOM id in the HTML of the resulting element. So while this allows me to get some id in java code (which I need), it doesn't address the problem of their not being a DOM id, so of course my JS fails. The only ways around this that I know are:
1) Explicitly provide the id as the normal 'id' attribute in the template as an informal parameter and provide another one in the t: namespace, to be passed to the component. The problem with this is I have to provide it twice, which aside from being annoying is error-prone. 2) Have the mixin explicitly write a HTML id attribute to the tag of the containing component. This would be horrible in my opinion, because without intimate knowledge of the component using the mixin, or any other mixins coordinating behavior, you can't know be sure you won't damage something (overwriting an id attribute already created, writing a second id attribute (which would be wrong), etc). And of course if the mixin requires intimate knowledge then it's not a good mixin. Thanks - any other ideas? :-) chris Josh Canfield wrote: > Hey Chris, > > t:id="my_div" seems to do what you want. I haven't looked closely at > un-namespaced id works in Tapestry, I've just always used the t:id > variety... > > Josh > > On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 5:36 AM, Chris Lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Dear list, >> >> I decided to throw together an app detailing how JS works with T5 (how >> to connect behavior from a component or mixin, the important inner >> workings, etc). I created a mixin that attaches behavior (mouse overs) >> to an HTML element (and doing this requires the DOM id of that element). >> For a simple demo I just wanted to attach it to a styled <div >> id="my_div">, so I had to use a <div t:type="any" id="my_div">. No >> problem. Now I need that DOM id in my java code (mixin) so I can pass it >> to the instantiation string of my JS object. Here's what I tried: >> >> @Parameter(value = "prop:componentResources.id", defaultPrefix = >> TapestryConstants.LITERAL_BINDING_PREFIX) >> private String clientId; >> >> This is the 'usual' way of getting the client side id of the component, >> at least when that component outputs it in the html element body. Since >> Any does not, it appears to interpret (or rather ignore) the id >> attribute and treat it as an informal. The problem with that is there is >> no way, at least that I know of, to get my hands on that value in java >> code. So what I'm having to do in my template code is explicitly declare >> the t:clientId parameter: >> >> <div t:type="any" t:mixins="hoverhighlight" id="my_box" t:clientId="my_box"> >> >> This works, but it's annoying that T5 can't know what the client side id >> will be. Components that actually produce a T5-generated client side id >> generally implement ClientElement#getClientId and explicitly insert the >> html id attribute with that as a value. I realize that it wouldn't make >> sense for _every_ component to do this, but IMO there should be a way to >> get at this id in the situations where it's been provided. Perhaps I've >> missed something, but unless I've missed something there's no current >> way to do this and get the dom id in code: >> >> <div t:type="any" t:mixins="hoverhighlight" id="my_box"> >> >> Thanks for any input you can offer. >> >> chris >> >> -- >> http://thegodcode.net >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >> > > > > -- http://thegodcode.net
