Thanks, that looks like a really good way to use DOM rewriting to alter grids.
However if I'm looking at it correctly I think that in GridCellDecorator.decorate I would still need to be able to set an Element's text, which I don't know whether it's possible. -----Original Message----- From: Lance Java [mailto:lance.j...@googlemail.com] Sent: Monday, July 21, 2014 13:52 To: Tapestry users Subject: Re: Customizing the grid to alter its own content You might be interested in this mixin https://github.com/uklance/tapestry-stitch/blob/master/src/main/java/org/lazan/t5/stitch/mixins/GridDecorator.java Unfortunately the demo site is down at the moment. Sample usage: https://github.com/uklance/tapestry-stitch-demo/blob/master/src/main/resources/org/lazan/t5/stitch/demo/pages/GridDecoratorDemo.tml https://github.com/uklance/tapestry-stitch-demo/blob/master/src/main/java/org/lazan/t5/stitch/demo/pages/GridDecoratorDemo.java On 7 Jul 2014 13:39, "Davide Vecchi" <d...@amc.dk> wrote: > Hello everybody, > > I would like to customize the Tapestry grid > (org.apache.tapestry5.corelib.components.Grid) to make it change the > content originally provided in the source parameter, so that the > modified content is rendered in the grid instead of the original. > > As an example, I could make the grid abbreviate certain strings in a > certain way for columns that contain text, so that the abbreviated > text is shown instead of the original. This should be independent from > the specific data source provided by the specific page that is using > the grid: any grid from any page should render its content as abbreviated. > > I seem to see in the Grid code several options to try in order to > figure out how to implement this functionality, however before > starting making changes I'd like to know if there is a recommended, > Tapestry-friendly approach. And of course any related comment or suggestion > is always welcome. > > Thanks in advance >
