[Opensource] "zebra striping" question

[Peter A. J. Pilgrim]

Michael Rimov wrote:
> At 11:27 AM 7/23/2002 -0600, you wrote:
> 
>> We want to display output objects pulled out of an element iterator in
>> alternating colors.  Has anyone done this before?  In addition to
>> alternating colors, we would like to display outputs in different 
>> places in
>> a table.  For example:
>>
>> first position:
>>         <tr>
>>                 <td>one record</td>
>>
>> second, third (any middle) position
>>                 <td>another record</td>
>>
>> last position:
>>                 <td>last position</td>
>>         </tr>
> 

Have you used Struts <logic:iterate> tag. There is a tag attribute called
"indexId" where name a JSP page attribute to store a java.lang.Integer object.

<logic:iterate id="row"  name="databaseRows"  indexId="counter">

    And the current count is <%= counter %>

</logic:iterate>

HTH

> 
> Brian,
> 
> I haven't really worked much with setting up zebra striping yet with 
> Expresso, although if you look at the various mockups Sandra has made 
> for different Jcorporate products, you can bet it will be a feature to 
> be added soon. ;)
> 
> Ideally we'd want to modify the record iterators so that you can query 
> whether or not you're on an even or odd record.  And then emit a 
> different CSS style class for each row.
> 
> At least that's how I'd be looking to go about it first.
> 
> HTH!
>                                         -Mike
> 
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