[jira] Closed: (STR-1606) Automatic readonly/disabled settings in struts-html

["David Evans (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

     [ http://issues.apache.org/struts/browse/STR-1606?page=all ]
     
David Evans closed STR-1606:
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    Resolution: Fixed

> Automatic readonly/disabled settings in struts-html
> ---------------------------------------------------
>
>          Key: STR-1606
>          URL: http://issues.apache.org/struts/browse/STR-1606
>      Project: Struts Action 1
>         Type: Improvement

>   Components: Taglibs
>     Versions: 1.1 Final
>  Environment: Operating System: All
> Platform: All
>     Reporter: Shai Berger
>     Priority: Minor
>      Fix For: 1.2 Family

>
> We are developing a web application with a number of complex pages and
> dozens of controls. These controls' readonly status should be set,
> individually, at runtime. With the current (1.1) struts-html, our pages
> come out as a repetition of
> <html:text property="someName" 
>       readonly='<%=formBean.isReadonly("someName") %>'
>       styleClass='<%= 
>         formBean.isReadonly("someName")?"ReadOnlyClass":"ReadWriteClass"       
>             
>                    %>' />
> With "someName" being replaced each time with the relevant property,
> of course. Since the application is big, but not huge, this is 
> borderline acceptable to us.
> Now, of course, we could extend html:text -- and any other specific tag
> we use -- to deal with it, but I think the correct place
> for the fix is BaseHandlerTag.java. What I have in mind is an additional
> attribute to html:form that would define a generic mechanism for setting
> the control properties, something along the lines of
> <html:form ... readonlyIndicator="isReadonly" />
> Which would then do the equivalent of planting the above code in all the
> form controls (perhaps with an additional "styleReadonlyClass" property).
> Note: With CSS2, setting a specific style class for readonly controls
> should not be necessary, because the selectors can handle it, and in
> general, I understand that setting styles automagically goes close to UI
> issues which struts-html may not want to deal with. However, setting the
> readonly attribute is pure semantics, and even if you don't want to
> include the styleClass/styleReadonlyClass feature, I would like the automatic
> readonly part to be considered.
> And of course, "disabled", although we don't specifically need it, would
> be a natural candidate for the same treatment.
> <OT>
> I thought this was better discussed on the list before I submitted it as a bug,
> but when I sent it to the list, no one replied... did I do something wrong?
> </OT>

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