Does Clay support something similar to $remove$ and $content$ in Tapestry? It's great to keep the preview mode usable.
On 11/28/05, Gary VanMatre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > By the way, I will try to write some documentation for Clay. I already > > have to do it but in french, so I guess a little translation won't be > > too difficult and can help the community. In my mind, Clay is the > > component that need the most explanations in Shale Frameworks. So if > > any developpers read this, feel free to post many details. > > > > That would be outstanding. I've been holding off on Clay documentation for a > couple reasons. I've been spending most of my time with features and I'm > also holding out on some help (someone currently working on a couple of books > besides speaking at the NFJS :-). > > > On 11/28/05, Alexandre Poitras <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > I am trying to get a grasp on Struts Clay. I understand there are 4 > > > ways of using it and wich one you might want to use depends of the > > > situation. > > > > > > I would like to do something similar to what is found in the rolodex > > > usecase, ie. define a component layout in his own html files (like the > > > adress panel in rolodex or Tapestry components). To be able to do > > > that, Rolodex seems to use the jsp tags approach but I don't > > > understand totally how it is done for the moment. I wanted to know if > > > someone could give me some hints about it (like the necessary steps) > > > and if I could use another aproach. > > > > > There are a number a options but this is the one made available yesterday: > > You could start with an XML full view that is loaded on demand (page1.xml): > > <view> > <component jsfid="/page1.xml" extends="baseLayout"> > <symbols> > <set name="title" value="Page 1"/> > <set name="bodyContent" value="/page1Body.html"/> > </symbols> > </component> > </view> > > > In your common/global XML config loaded on startup: > > <view> > <component jsfid="baseLayout" extends="clay"> > <attributes> > <set name="clayJsfid" value="/layout.html"/> > </attributes> > <symbols> > <set name="title" value="Hello World"/> > <set name="leftContent" value="/defaultLeftNav.html"/> > <set name="headerContent" value="/defaultHeader.html"/> > <set name="bodyContent" value="/defaultBody.html"/> > <set name="footerContent" value="/defaultFooter"/> > </symbols> > </component> > </view> > > > > And, then create layout.html > > <html> > <head><title>@title</title></head> > <body> > <table> > <tr> > <td rowspan=3><span jsfid=clay [EMAIL PROTECTED] > allowBody=false>Left Content</span></td> > <td><span jsfid=clay [EMAIL PROTECTED] > allowbody=false>Header Content</span></td> > </tr> > <tr> > <td><span jsfid=clay [EMAIL PROTECTED] > allowBody=false>Body Content</span>Body Content</td> > </tr> > <tr> > <td><span jsfid=clay [EMAIL PROTECTED] > allowBody=false>Body Content</span>Body Content</td> > </tr> > </table> > </body> > </html> > > > This kind of layout only works with the full XML and JSP views as the "view > id" but using an HTML entry page wouldn't add much value anyway. > > > Gary > > > > > > Thank > > > > > > -- > > > Alexandre Poitras > > > Québec, Canada > > > > > > > > > -- > > Alexandre Poitras > > Québec, Canada > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- Alexandre Poitras Québec, Canada --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
