and igor by wicket widgets, i mean those custom controls that operate on client side using JS and CSS and not specifically ajax anyway
however also i really want to know how best to achieve client side _javascript_ callback to Wicket using Wicket generated JS AJAX engine. Why I asked this has to do with a way to integrate a call from my own custom _javascript_ wrapped with my widget to wicket generated JS.
Example, i create a custom behavior for my custom widget (panel or border based) and i need the behavior (CSS or _javascript_ based) to render fully on the client side before even initiating an AJAX call to populate content or whatever, if wicket can provide a JS callback mechanism that custom widgets can reuse somehow to do AJAX, it will be nice and if there is already a way, please educate me.
It could be a Client activated Wicket Behavior so that i can tell the server, "Ok my animation or custom widget is finished with all its rendering special effects, go on and send the data".
For now, i could decide to use Timing behavior to do this but in cases where for whatever reason the browser slows down or something happens, the server may not know about this and then goes ahead to update via AJAX
thanks
and meanwhile i like to appreciate the effort of the wicket team for the great 1.2 release cuz wicket gives some of us a reason to ENJOY doing J2EE.
On 6/14/06, Igor Vaynberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
here is a great site with all kinds of css menues, etc
http://www.dynamicdrive.com/style/
as far as wicket-widgets, we have such a project already - its called wicket-extensions :)
usually widgets start incubation as a wicket-contrib-<widget> project and once they mature we move them into extensions. this happened to quiete a few things already
the repeaters package (dataview/datatable/etc)
the upload progress bar
the palette component
etc etc
-IgorOn 6/14/06, Troy MacNeil < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:These articles seem to address your CSS needs. The mark-up structure is
very similar to what you're aiming for.
http://www.alistapart.com/articles/dropdowns
http://alistapart.com/articles/hybrid
Background images and divider images are specified in the CSS, which
could be good or bad depending on your goals. It works for me;)
There may be better ways, using AJAX for instance, but this should give
you a place to start at least.
Troy
On Wed, 2006-06-14 at 03:08 -0800, Ayodeji Aladejebi wrote:
> I know of Wicket Extensions and Wicket Stuff etc but I look forward to
> Wicket Widgets Stuff where users can donate all sorts of resuable
> widgets to wicket community that carry all sorts of behaviors needed
> to enrich Web user experience
>
> As an example, i have been trying to create Wicket Menu bar component
> by trying to reduce my effort to something close to Swing
>
> I am not talking of something like echo2 now, I am talking of all
> those common stuffs in web development packaged in a cross browser
> reusable wicket components.
>
> MenuBar bar = new MenuBar("web-app-menu", ...)
>
> MenuBar will be a customizable markupcontainer that will have vertical
> drop down capabilities
> Menus and MenuItem will simply be Wicket Links instances.
>
> My major headache started when i realized how horrible CSS can be
> across IE breeds and Mozilla and other browsers, IE expecially so i
> spent more time trying to sort out making cross browser CSS vertical
> menus for my wicket project. Now that should not be because for me if
> wicket were to fulfil its vision, developers should spend more time
> with Java than cracking thier heads on how to do common stuffs with
> CSS or _javascript_.
>
> Therefore I think encouraging widgets contribution will also be fine.
> I am not a cross browser CSS expert but there a lot out there willing
> to donate reusable CSS codes for creating common widgets on the
> browser
>
> Scrolling
> MenuBar
> etc...
>
>
>
> Anyway for me, it boils down to one thing,
> I am trying to create MenuBar, Menu and MenuItem for my project and i
> need cross browser CSS for vertical drop down menu,
>
> Something like this
> <div wicket:id="MenuBar" class="menubar">
> <ul>
> <li wicket:id="Menu"><a wicket:id="MenuItem"></a></li>
> <li wicket:id="MenuSeperator"></li>
> <li wicket:id="Menu"><a wicket:id="MenuItem"><img
> wicket:id="MenuImage"></img></a></li>
> </ul>
> </div>
>
> But i am scared of the CSS hell out there and i dont even know where
> to start digging for good cross browser CSS to use for this, so please
> who has a reference to the CSS library that can make this life easy
>
> Thanks :)
>
>
>
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