would you mind giving a hint?

igor.vaynberg wrote:
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> On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 9:24 AM, pixologe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>> Of course, you are right. Sorry, what I wrote was not completely clear.
>> It can make sense to change the markup in order to disable a link.
>> It definitely makes sense to exchange [a] with [span], yes.
>>
>> I was merely targeting at the appearance part: I think that adding markup
>> between this [span] element and its content is not very useful in most
>> cases. Of course, the functionality may come in handy if there is need, I
>> just think it should not necessarily be done by default.
>> And if there is a global setting for this, a global setting for a
>> defaultDisabledLinkBehavior would definitely be a good idea, too.
> 
> there is a global setting
> 
> -igor
> 
> 
>>
>> I would guess that most people are calling
>> setDefaultAfterDisabledLink("")
>> and setDefaultBeforeDisabledLink("") to turn this behavior off, or use
>> CSS
>> in order to have their text non-italic again, and add an
>> AttributeModifier
>> instead. IMO it is just more obvious and more logical from the HTML
>> template
>> and semantic point of view, even more when we are talking about [em].
>>
>> However, if you do not share my opinion, I can stick to overriding the
>> default behavior, of course :)
>>
>>
>>
>> igor.vaynberg wrote:
>>>
>>> disabled is more then just about the appearance, if something is
>>> disabled the user should not be able to interact with it. for example,
>>> security strategy can disable links the user does not have access to.
>>> just adding class="disabled" leaves the link clickable.
>>>
>>> -igor
>>>
>>> On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 4:21 AM, pixologe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Dear Wicket devs,
>>>>
>>>> I propose that by default a disabled link should rather (or also) be
>>>> marked
>>>> using a behavior, instead of adding markup before and after.
>>>>
>>>> A word in advance: I know that I can implement my own version of Link
>>>> which
>>>> adds behavior in case of being disabled, and I know how to do it - this
>>>> is
>>>> not a cry for help, just a proposal, how I think the Link component
>>>> should
>>>> behave to fit most common use cases. The current way simple does not
>>>> feel
>>>> right.
>>>>
>>>> Why do I think so? When creating a template, most people tend to
>>>> display
>>>> a
>>>> disabled status of an element by appending a css class to its tag, you
>>>> can
>>>> see class="disabled" very often, making colors gray or applying
>>>> transparency.
>>>> IMHO something like this should not be done by changing the DOM
>>>> hierarchy
>>>> of
>>>> the element.
>>>>
>>>> Example: a Link with an arrow image (CSS background) - quite common. It
>>>> is
>>>> not (at least as easy as it should be) possible to have another image
>>>> for
>>>> a
>>>> disabled link with this behavior, since there is nothing like an
>>>> if-element-has-child-element-selector in CSS.
>>>>
>>>> Besides (I know it is configurable, but...) : I am not sure why one
>>>> would
>>>> want to [em]phasize something that's disabled ;-)
>>>>
>>>> I would love to see a defaultDisabledLinkBehavior property in future
>>>> versions, this would make it a lot easier to style disabled links...
>>>>
>>>> Cheers + best regards :)
>>>>
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