On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 5:31 PM, Joe Hudson <joe.hud...@clear2pay.com>wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I would like to add a behavior to a component which alters the HTML output
> related to that component. I know that you can use setComponentBorder but I
> saw a posting that mentioned behaviors were the more appropriate way to do
> this as explicit component borders might become deprecated.
>
> I am trying to do something simple like wrap a form component with a label.
> For example:
> Instead of a form component rendering as:
> <input type="text" .../>
>
> I would like the behavior to help the component to render as
> <li><label>Some Label</label> <input type="text" .../></li>
>
> So, the label component would be responsible for wrapping the inner content
> with:
> <li><label>Some Label</label> {inner content} </li>
>
> Here is where I am at:
>
> - I know I probably want to extend AbstractBehavior
>
> - I know I probably want to use the beforeRender and afterRender
> methods to do this
>
> Would anyone be able to give me some pointers to get started on this?
> Thank you very much.
>
>
Al Maw's "Forms With Flair" presentation is a good start, you can find it
here:
http://jweekend.co.uk/dev/ArticlesPage
>
> Regards,
>
> Joe
>
