Re: [jsr-314-open] [Behavior] Why is HtmlOutputText not a ClientBehaviorHolder ?

On Sun, Jan 10, 2010 at 7:23 AM, Matthias Wessendorf <matzew(a)apache.org&gt; wrote: > > Why is HtmlOutputText not a ClientBehaviorHolder ? > > sure, while <h:outputText value="foo" /> renders as plain text, > some slightly more "complex" outputText renders with a <span>: > > <h:outputText style="color:red" value="blah blah blah" /> > > IMO it is a limitation that outputText is not a ClientBehaviorHolder; > > Imagine that you want to do some stuff (e.g. insert/remove a "context > menu") on mouseover/out. > Currently you need to use <outputLabel> for that. > > IMO it is a bit lame. > So, if a ClientBehavior is present, why not rendering the beast as > <span ....>Blah blah...</span> ?? +1 The language would have to state that a wrapper tag (such as <span>) is required in this case, just as it is when styles are specified. -Dan -- Dan Allen Senior Software Engineer, Red Hat | Author of Seam in Action Registered Linux User #231597 http://mojavelinux.com http://mojavelinux.com/seaminaction http://www.google.com/profiles/dan.j.allen