well thought out answer. thanks. -- Jeremy Thomerson http://www.wickettraining.com
On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 1:31 PM, Vladimir K<koval...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Jeremy, > > from my perspective ModalWindow is a mix of javascript widget that works in > non-wicket mode and an wicket wrapper that bridges js widget with wicket. It > is always created at the body level. That's why I said it's a cheat. Thus > are problems with form submitting when nested forms are used. Community > introduced a solution (a wrapping form that is threated as the root) to work > around the mismatch of ModalWindow structure. There is an issue registered > about that. But Matej keeps stating that we should put MW into a form. What > says that he is not aware what the problem is. And there are more problems > caused by the fact that the <form> element is created by javascript. > > From the other hand I believe it is possible to write pure Wicket component > that would be as trice as simpler and won't suffer with problems with > request lifecycle. Probably I'm wrong and it is not worth turning the old > ModalWindow into pure Wicket component due to expensiveness of the effort > that would be spent to remain it compatible. > > The same about tree components. The API is very difficult to comprehend. > Component does not work as I expect in dynamic context. But thankfully Sven > implemented different implementation that does what is expect and usable as > well as DataTable component. I believe forking and fixing the original > component would be much more expensive. After that so many people should > start complaining about that to convince core team that there is not just > one person who is experiencing problems. It is always difficult to > accomplish. > > > jthomerson wrote: >> >> Why create your own? Submit a patch to fix what you see is wrong with >> the current one. Everyone wins. >> >> -- >> Jeremy Thomerson >> http://www.wickettraining.com >> >> >> >> >> On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 12:20 PM, Vladimir K<koval...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> ModalWindow (being a wicket cheat :) ) deserves a sole book of tricks. >>> I'll >>> definitely author my own modal window unless someone fixes the original >>> one. >>> -1 on including ModalWindow to the book. >>> >>> >>> egolan74 wrote: >>>> >>>> I can't wait for yet another great Wicket book. >>>> I will surly buy it. >>>> >>>> regarding tricks, >>>> using Modal window can be nice. >>>> Integrating Wicket with JS libs (If it's not a topic for a small book by >>>> itself). >>>> Cool stuff with Ajax. >>>> >>>> >>>> Eyal Golan >>>> egola...@gmail.com >>>> >>>> Visit: http://jvdrums.sourceforge.net/ >>>> LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/egolan74 >>>> >>>> P Save a tree. Please don't print this e-mail unless it's really >>>> necessary >>>> >>>> >>>> On Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at 10:32 AM, Jonathan Locke >>>> <jonathan.lo...@gmail.com>wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> Well, over the break here I've started something I swore I would never >>>>> do >>>>> again (well, two things, if you include the JavaOne talk I'm working >>>>> on). >>>>> I'm writing a (hopefully relatively short) book. It's called >>>>> "Twenty-Six >>>>> Wicket Tricks". Each trick in the book (lettered from A-Z) demonstrates >>>>> something that people typically want to do and in the process builds a >>>>> reusable and educational component. I've got 13 tricks coded up now and >>>>> ideas for a handful more, but if there are any requests out there, >>>>> please >>>>> let me know. I'd also be interested in getting some idea how many >>>>> people >>>>> would be interested in this book (would provide some fuel for me to get >>>>> it >>>>> done). It does not cover any of the same ground as Wicket in Action >>>>> (which >>>>> you should buy if you have not already!), BTW. It's more of a companion >>>>> to >>>>> that book. >>>>> >>>>> Happy Holidays! >>>>> >>>>> Best, >>>>> >>>>> Jonathan >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> View this message in context: >>>>> http://www.nabble.com/Twenty-Six-Wicket-Tricks-tp21214357p21214357.html >>>>> Sent from the Wicket - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@wicket.apache.org >>>>> For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@wicket.apache.org >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> ----- >>>> Eyal Golan >>>> egola...@gmail.com >>>> >>>> Visit: JVDrums >>>> LinkedIn: LinkedIn >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> View this message in context: >>> http://www.nabble.com/Twenty-Six-Wicket-Tricks-tp21214357p24704037.html >>> Sent from the Wicket - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >>> >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@wicket.apache.org >>> For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@wicket.apache.org >>> >>> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@wicket.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@wicket.apache.org >> >> >> > > -- > View this message in context: > http://www.nabble.com/Twenty-Six-Wicket-Tricks-tp21214357p24705381.html > Sent from the Wicket - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@wicket.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@wicket.apache.org > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@wicket.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@wicket.apache.org
