Well, finally I found time to encapsulate HTML into some tags. Wendy, roles work too :-)
To build your own tabbed notebook you need to download tag library version 0.4 from here: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=154342&package_id=171420&release_id=389310 Please, download samples and examine /tabs directory, it contains the samples you need. You MUST create a separate JSP file for your tabbed notebook. This JSP will be used as target for requests. You MUST process tab change events on input phase, and set/obtain view name on render phase. The simplest three-tab notebook looks like this: <%@ page import="net.jspcontrols.util.Constants"%> <%@ page contentType="text/html;charset=UTF-8" language="java" %> <%@ taglib uri="http://java.sun.com/jstl/core" prefix="c" %> <%@ taglib uri="http://jspcontrols.net/tags/core" prefix="jc" %> <%@ taglib uri="http://jspcontrols.net/tags/tabcontrol" prefix="jc-tab" %> <span id="TigrisTabComponent_def"> <%-- Accept phase, either postback or regular link containing an event --%> <jc:accept> <jc:handler event="tab1event"> <% session.setAttribute("tabsetOneCurrentTab", "tab1"); %> </jc:handler> <jc:handler event="tab2event"> <% session.setAttribute("tabsetOneCurrentTab", "tab2"); %> </jc:handler> <jc:handler event="tab3event"> <% session.setAttribute("tabsetOneCurrentTab", "tab3"); %> </jc:handler> </jc:accept> <%-- Prerender phase: store reload address; fixup response header --%> <jc:prerender/> <%-- Render Phase: render tabs --%> <jc-tab:tabcontrol styleClass="tigristabs"> <jc-tab:tabpage default="true" viewKey="tabsetOneCurrentTab" view="tab1"> <jc-tab:tabgrip event="tab1event" value="Tab1"/> <jc-tab:tabpanel> <p>Content of the first tab panel goes here.</p> </jc-tab:tabpanel> </jc-tab:tabpage> <jc-tab:tabpage viewKey="tabsetOneCurrentTab" view="tab2"> <jc-tab:tabgrip event="tab2event" value="Tab2"/> <jc-tab:tabpanel> <p>Content of the second tab panel goes here.</p> </jc-tab:tabpanel> </jc-tab:tabpage> <jc-tab:tabpage viewKey="tabsetOneCurrentTab" view="tab3" roles="admin, manager, tabtest1"> <jc-tab:tabgrip event="tab3event" value="Tab3"/> <jc-tab:tabpanel> <p>Content of the third tab panel goes here.</p> </jc-tab:tabpanel> </jc-tab:tabpage> </jc-tab:tabcontrol> </span> Then you include your component into composite page like this: <div id="TigrisTabComponent" style="width: 500px;"> <jsp:include page="tigrisTabComponent.jsp"/> </div> This is it. It works with Javascript turned off, or in Ajax mode with Javascript turned on. See live demo here: http://www.superinterface.com/jspcontrols/tabcontrol/index.jsp -- Michael Jouravlev. JSP Controls: http://jspcontrols.sourceforge.net/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]