We wanted to make ModelWindowS more reusable in Wicket and so we created the ModalX project that is now part of WicketStuff. Not sure if it's what you're looking for but it certainly makes the use of ModalWindowS in our apps much more generic/reusable.
https://github.com/wicketstuff/core/wiki/ModalX It comes in both 1.4.x and 1.5.x flavors. Regards, Chris Step Ahead Software >-----Original Message----- >From: Chris Merrill [mailto:ch...@webperformance.com] >Sent: Saturday, 24 September 2011 1:48 AM >To: users@wicket.apache.org >Subject: ModalWindow and reusable components > >In my short time with Wicket, I've found that whenever something seems >really >hard, I'm probably doing it wrong :> I'm hoping this is such a case. > > >We have a number of components that are used on multiple pages. They are >pretty >simple - typically a couple of form field linked together for data entry. > >Sometimes we want one of those to appear in a ModalWindow, coupled with >Ok/Cancel >buttons and then update part of the page when the user accepts a change. >I am able to make this work, but it is pretty cumbersome. I first have to >put the component into a panel with the ok and cancel buttons. The panel >has to >know about the part of the page that needs to be refreshed. And it has to >know >about the component embedded within it, in order to pass the selection back >to the page. This has to be done for each component we want inside a modal >ok/cancel >window. > >I found one article on a reusable ModalWindow pattern: >http://stuq.nl/weblog/2008-06-05/wicket-how-to-write-a-reusable-modal- >window-popup >that helped a bit. My next step was to try to put the ok/cancel buttons >into >my ModalWindow subclass, but I failed pretty miserably. I've done some >more digging >and now think I know how to make this work, but it seems like it will be >more than >a little convoluted. > > >Am I going about this all wrong? > > > >-- >----------------------------------------------------------------------- - - >Chris Merrill | Web Performance, Inc. >ch...@webperformance.com | http://webperformance.com >919-433-1762 | 919-845-7601 > >Web Performance: Website Load Testing Software & Services >----------------------------------------------------------------------- - - > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >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
