[Opensource] Setting a CSS style

[Ben Switzer]

Right on.

Thanks very much Eddie.  That was truely helpful.

Best,
Ben

-----Original Message-----
From: opensource-admin at jcorporate.com
[mailto:opensource-admin at jcorporate.com] On Behalf Of Eddie Lewis
Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2002 9:49 PM
To: 'opensource at jcorporate.com'
Subject: RE: [Opensource] Setting a CSS style


We couldnt find a way around this either. 
We simply created a new tag lib entry 
add this to expresso.tld 
to include the styleClass parameter 
        <tag> 
                <name>InputTagEx</name> 
 
<tagclass>com.jcorporate.expresso.ext.taglib.InputTagEx</tagclass> 
                <bodycontent>empty</bodycontent> 
                <info>A tag to display an Expresso Input Object</info> 
                <attribute> 
                        <name>name</name> 
                        <required>true</required> 
                        <rtexprvalue>true</rtexprvalue> 
                </attribute> 
                <attribute> 
                        <name>styleClass</name> 
                        <required>false</required> 
                        <rtexprvalue>true</rtexprvalue> 
                </attribute> 
                <attribute> 
                        <name>value</name> 
                        <required>false</required> 
                        <rtexprvalue>true</rtexprvalue> 
                </attribute> 
                <attribute> 
                        <name>response</name> 
                        <required>false</required> 
                        <rtexprvalue>true</rtexprvalue> 
                </attribute> 
                <attribute> 
                        <name>type</name> 
                        <required>false</required> 
                        <rtexprvalue>true</rtexprvalue> 
                </attribute> 
                <attribute> 
                        <name>size</name> 
                        <required>false</required> 
                        <rtexprvalue>true</rtexprvalue> 
                </attribute> 
                <attribute> 
                        <name>maxlength</name> 
                        <required>false</required> 
                        <rtexprvalue>true</rtexprvalue> 
                </attribute> 
                <attribute> 
                        <name>showlabel</name> 
                        <required>false</required> 
                        <rtexprvalue>true</rtexprvalue> 
                </attribute> 
        </tag> 


then create a new file to handle the tag. we created InputTagEx.java in
as per the attachment in 
expresso_path\WEB-INF\classes\com\jcorporate\expresso\ext\taglib. 
NOTE - if the styleClass property is null, we set it to a default style
- CHANGE THIS to suit your default style. 
ie. in InputTagEx.java 
if (styleclass == null) { 
  styleclass = "smallfont"; // set a default font if none passed. 
} 
simply call InputTagEx instead of InputTag. 
If you place the attachment in the correct place, it should compile and
then add the above tag declaration to the expresso.tld file you should
be up and running in 15 minutes.
call in jsp via 
<expresso:InputTagEx name="input_name_here" styleClass="default_style"/>
// omit styleClass to get the default style. 
Good Luck 
-----Original Message----- 
From: Ben Switzer [mailto:ben at site85.com] 
Sent: Friday, 13 December 2002 8:39 AM 
To: opensource at jcorporate.com 
Subject: [Opensource] Setting a CSS style 


Good day all. 
Have a quandary for you all. 
I'm trying to set the CSS style of an expresso input object.  The input 
is rendered properly, but I'd like to apply a style.  I've tried using 
the AttributeTag, but with little success.  I'm lead to believe from the

taglib docs that I can make AttributeTag a child tag of InputTag.  No 
luck.  I get a Japser exception: jasper.error.emptybodycontent.nonempty 
I'm trying to set the attribute from my controller with the method 
setAttribute from the input object that I've created. 
Any ideas? 
I don't have a lot of time at this moment, so I can't investigate 
myself.  Must forge ahead.  So any help on this matter would be much 
appreciated. 
Best, 
Ben Switzer [ben at site85.com] 
site85.developer.*; 
phone.416.466.4509; 
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