Problem is when you call getMarkupId(). If you call this method before the first page render, Wicket is not able to get the markup attribute for some components (because of borders and transparent resolvers which break the 1:1 mapping of component tree <-> markup.
-Matej On 7/26/07, Scott Swank <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How hard would it be to add a method like useHtmlElementId()? It > would default to false, but when a component returns "true" then the > element id from the template would be used. > > Scott > > On 7/26/07, Igor Vaynberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > the general problem here is that hardcoding ids into wicket markup is mostly > > dangerous because things are so reusable. > > > > if you put an id into a repeater then it will be repeated all the time - > > causing multiple elements with the same id - which will lead to invalid > > html. > > > > hardcoding an id inside a panel or a fragment will lead to the same problem. > > it isnt something obvious until you start reusing code and then it gets > > nasty all of a sudden. so my two cents are to discourage this. > > > > however, as a workaround for cases where you _must_ do this we have > > component.setmarkupid(string) in trunk - you can use that to force any id > > you want. > > > > -igor > > > > > > On 7/26/07, Kirk Israel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > On 7/26/07, Eelco Hillenius <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/WICKET-694 > > > > > i guess there were problems when implementing this, maybe eelco can > > > > > ellaborate more on the "unforeseen side effects" > > > > > > > > Yeah, they were listed in the thread that is mentioned in the issue: > > > > > > > http://www.nabble.com/Re%3A-getMarkupId-doesn%27t-return-the-id-from-the-markup-p11294903.html > > > > > > > > I don't really know what to do with it tbh. I hope someone else has > > > > some suggestions. > > > > > > I'm a little surprised this isn't more of a high priority item... I > > > know Repeaters et al might need some special casing, but could the > > > "usual" cases do what the coder probably expects, i.e. if you specify > > > in html markup, that id is preserved (and therefore usable in > > > javascript's getElementById ??) > > > > > > Or... I'm not sure what else might depend on that Id as it gets spit > > > out into what's finally sent to the browser, but maybe there could be > > > a some kind of mapping function in javascript, > > > .getElementByWicketId(id)? and > > > getRepeaterElementByIdAndIterationNumber(id,num) > > > (I tend to make my function names a bit long :-) > > > > > > As a thinking point, my group has come up with 3 possible workarounds > > > until the real solution appears: > > > * temporary, awful hack bandaid currently in use: our javascript > > > getElementById added a "6" to the id... the fragile nature of this > > > "fix" is not lost on us > > > * go through some function along the lines of getElementByPrefixOfId() > > > , so we can get what was specified > > > * every form has a hidden field like <input type="hidden" > > > name="OUR_ID" value="XYZ">, and then we have a specific > > > getFormByOurId() > > > > > > Again, I'm not sure what getMarkupId(Component) is called by, if it's > > > mostly wicket internal use or what... most of what I've talked about > > > here is javascript workarounds, though i guess the underlying Java > > > equivalents should be obvious. > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. > > > Still grepping through log files to find problems? 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