struts 2 action messages / action errors

[Brian Relph <re...@gmail.com>]

Does struts2 handle the css-styling of action errors and messages the same
as struts1?  In struts 1, i defined some keys in the message bundle
errors.prefix and errors.suffix that were automatically used to style the
html generated by the actionerrors.  Is this enabled in struts2?

Thanks,
Brian

Re: struts 2 action messages / action errors

[Jim Cushing <ji...@mac.com>]

Struts 2 allows you to style them, but using themes. Themes are both  
more powerful and more complicated than what Struts 1 offered.

Before you dive into customizing a theme, see if you can style it  
entirely with CSS. You're best better is probably to "View source" in  
your browser to see the rendered HTML, noting the classes that the  
built-in themes use. Then, override these styles with your own  
stylesheet. Using the built-in css_xhtml theme (add  
struts.ui.theme=css_xhtml to struts.properties) will give you more  
flexibility, compared to the default theme (xhtml).

If that doesn't give you the look you want, it's time to dive into  
themes. Themes are documented here:

http://struts.apache.org/2.x/docs/themes-and-templates.html

http://struts.apache.org/2.x/docs/extending-themes.html

Mark Menard has provided an excellent tutorial on creating custom  
themes here:

http://www.vitarara.org/cms/struts_2_cookbook/creating_a_theme


On Oct 24, 2007, at 11:58 AM, Brian Relph wrote:

> Does struts2 handle the css-styling of action errors and messages  
> the same
> as struts1?  In struts 1, i defined some keys in the message bundle
> errors.prefix and errors.suffix that were automatically used to  
> style the
> html generated by the actionerrors.  Is this enabled in struts2?
>
> Thanks,
> Brian


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