There are 2 ways of doing it. 1) Get the "pageheading" in the layout.jsp and pass it on to the header.jsp
<tiles:insert attribute="header"> <tiles:put name="pageheading"> <tiles:getAsString name="pageheading" ignore="true"/> </tiles:put> </tiles:insert> 2) If you need the "pageheading" inside the heading.jsp, it's better to make the "header" a separate definition and use the "pageheading" directly in the header.jsp <tiles-definitions> <definition name=".mainLayout" path="/WEB-INF/tiles/layout.jsp"> <put name="title" value="Welcome to Net Model"/> <put name="header" value=".header" type="definition"/> <put name="sider" value="/WEB-INF/tiles/sider.jsp"/> <put name="body" value=""/> <put name="footer" value="/WEB-INF/tiles/footer.jsp"/> </definition> <definition name=".header" page="/WEB-INF/tiles/header.jsp"> <put name="pageheading" value=""/> </definition> <definition name=".login.header" extends=".header"> <put name="pageheading" value="Login"/> </definition> <definition name="index.page" extends=".mainLayout"> <put name="header" value=".login.header" type="definition"/> <put name="body" value="/WEB-INF/tiles/user-login.jsp" type="page"/> </definition> </tiles-definitions> On 9/14/05, Deepesh Nandal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi There, > I am stuck at one place while working with tiles, please help. > I have my tiles-defs.xml as this: > > <tiles-definitions> > <definition name=".mainLayout" path="/WEB-INF/tiles/layout.jsp"> > <put name="title" value="Welcome to Net Model"/> > <put name="pageheading" value=""/> > <put name="header" value="/WEB-INF/tiles/header.jsp"/> > <put name="sider" value="/WEB-INF/tiles/sider.jsp"/> > <put name="body" value=""/> > <put name="footer" value="/WEB-INF/tiles/footer.jsp"/> > </definition> > <definition name="index.page" extends=".mainLayout"> > <put name="pageheading" value="Login" /> > <put name="body" > value="/WEB-INF/tiles/user-login.jsp" type="page"/> > </definition> > </tiles-definitions> > > AND /WEB-INF/tiles/layout.jsp as this: > <%@ taglib uri="/WEB-INF/struts-tiles.tld" prefix="tiles" %> > <%@ taglib uri="/WEB-INF/struts-html.tld" prefix="html" %> > <html:html> > <head> <title><tiles:getAsString name="title"/></title> > <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> > <LINK href="style.css" type=text/css rel=stylesheet> > </head> > <body> > <tiles:insert attribute="header" /><br> > <tiles:insert attribute="sider" /><br> > <tiles:insert attribute="body" /><br> > <tiles:insert attribute="footer" /> > > </body> > </html:html> > > Now, I need to print the variable 'pageheading'( defined in definition > '.mainLayout') in "/WEB-INF/tiles/header.jsp" . > I cannot use <tiles:getAsString name="pageheading"/> inside > "/WEB-INF/tiles/header.jsp" as "pageheading" is valid in > "/WEB-INF/tiles/layout.jsp" only . So how do I pass "pageheading" from " > index.page" to header.jsp through .mainLayout ... > > Please help ..... > > Many Thanks, > Deepesh Nandal. > >