Hello list, I'm having a small problem with tiles at the moment and I don't know if what I'm trying to do is correct etc. Maybe the collective wisdom and shed some light on what I'm doing wrong...
I've got a default definition, say for example: <%@ taglib uri="http://struts.apache.org/tags-tiles-el"; prefix="tiles" %> <html> <head> <title><tiles:getAsString name="title" /></title> </head> <body> <tiles:insert attribute="body" /> </body> </html> <definition name=".default" page="/tiles/default.jsp" /> I can then put other tiles into this definition to extend the look and feel, thus I've got a further two definitions, both for a graphical frame, one with and the other without a menu. <%@ taglib uri="http://struts.apache.org/tags-tiles-el"; prefix="tiles" %> <table class="frame" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <tr> <td><img src="..." /></td> </tr> <tr> <td><img src="..." /></td> <td rowspan="2" valign="top"> <tiles:insert attribute="frameBody" /> </td> <td><img src="..." /></td> </tr> <tr> <td><img src="..." width="30" height="10" alt="" /></td> <td><img src="..." width="930" height="10" alt="" /></td> <td><img src="..." width="30" height="10" alt="" /></td> </tr> </table> <definition name=".frameNoMenu" extends=".default"> <put name="body" value="/tiles/frame-no-menu.jsp" /> </definition> However, to get the frameBody bit to display I have to pass it through in the original default.jsp file thus: <tiles:insert attribute="body"> <tiles:useAttribute id="frameBody" name="frameBody" ignore="true" scope="page" /> <c:if test="${not empty pageScope.frameBody}"> <tiles:put name="frameBody" value="${pageScope.frameBody}" type="template" /> </c:if> </tiles:insert> Otherwise I get an exception telling me that nothing could be found for attribute frameBody. Now I want to also create a poage that has the frame and two column so I created another definition to handle this: <%@ taglib uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/core"; prefix="c" %> <%@ taglib uri="http://struts.apache.org/tags-tiles-el"; prefix="tiles" %> <table> <colgroup> <tiles:importAttribute name="leftWidth" ignore="true" scope="page" /> <c:choose> <c:when test="${not empty pageScope.leftWidth}"> <col id="left" style="width: <tiles:getAsString name="leftWidth" />;" /> </c:when> <c:otherwise> <col id="left" /> </c:otherwise> </c:choose> <tiles:importAttribute name="rightWidth" ignore="true" scope="page" /> <c:choose> <c:when test="${not empty pageScope.rightWidth}"> <col id="right" style="width: <tiles:getAsString name="rightWidth" />;" /> </c:when> <c:otherwise> <col id="right" /> </c:otherwise> </c:choose> </colgroup> <tbody> <tr> <td style="vertical-align: top; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 5px;"> <tiles:insert attribute="left" /> </td> <td style="vertical-align: top; padding-left: 4px; padding-top: 5px;"> <tiles:insert attribute="right" ignore="true" /> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <definition name=".variableLeftRightSplit" extends=".frameMenu"> <put name="frameBody" value="/tiles/left-right-split.jsp" /> </definition> <definition name=".40-60split" extends=".variableLeftRightSplit"> <put name="leftWidth" value="40%" /> <put name="rightWidth" value="60%" /> </definition> So I should now have a page that's got the frame and has two columns one at 40% and the other at 60%. Except I don't. I'm padssing through all the attributes - frameBody, left, leftWidth, right and rightWidth on both the default.jsp and the frame-no-menu.jsp. When I specify a page that uses the .frameMenu definition it works okay and displays my page. when I try and use the .40-60split definition I get a page that displays my frame, but nothing in the frameBody. I've output the frameBody attributre and I have confirmed that it contains what I expect, i.e. /tiles/left-right-split.jsp, but it's just not being displayed. Am I totally barking up the wrong tree with this? Can you build pages with tiles like this, or are you supposed to o it via multiple definitions like: <definition name=".default" page="/tiles/default.jsp" /> <definition name=".logon" extends=".default"> <put name="title" value="This is a test..." /> <put name="body" value=".logonBody" /> </definition> <definition name=".logon" extends="/tiles/frame-no-menu.jsp"> <put name="frameBody" value="/public/logon-body.jsp" /> </definition> Any help anyone can give me with this would be much appreciated. Cheers, -- Bob Arnott --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
