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

[Dan Allen]

On Sun, Jan 10, 2010 at 7:23 AM, Matthias Wessendorf <matzew at apache.org>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

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