You can configure what attribute Tapestry uses to "recognize" components. The default is "jwcid", you can change this to anything you like, even "id".
http://tapestry.apache.org/tapestry4/UsersGuide/configuration.html org.apache.tapestry.jwcid-attribute-name On 8/10/06, Karthik N <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
i largely agree, although for some cases tapestry chooses to override your assigned id, with an id that tapestry chooses. On 8/10/06, Nick Westgate <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > In addition, id (and maybe name) are useful attributes for javascript > programming, so tapestry leaves them alone when it doesn't need them. > That way you can still use them in your own javascript. > > Cheers, > Nick. > > > Karthik N wrote: > > every element that does not have the jwcid attribute is treated as > "normal" > > html - tapestry does not care too much about it. > > > > every element that has jwcid is an indicator to tapestry that we're > > creating > > a tapestry component - so such html takes a very different lease of life > as > > a tapestry component. > > > > On 8/9/06, Rui Pacheco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> > >> Hi all > >> > >> Its slightly off-topic, but I've been wondering about this for a while: > >> why > >> do we need to use "jwcid" to identify which elements in a form are to > be > >> treated as Tapestry components? Why not use the normal "name" and "id" > >> identifiers used in HTML? > >> > >> Once again, I'm just curious, and sorry for disrupting the mailing > list. > >> We > >> didn't have much traffic today either :) > >> -- > >> Cumprimentos, > >> Rui Pacheco > >> > >> > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- Thanks, Karthik
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