Re: swiXml and CSS

There may be ways to implement CSS with SwixML since
CSS can be applied to any XML document, but the
concept could extend into Swing widgets.

Here is the standard method to do it reference a CSS
document in XML.

http://www.sonnenglanz.nl/Docs/Minicursus/slide.3.4.2.html

With SwixML a CSS document could define a limited
amount of style information such as colors and font,
but not all that is used in HTML/XHTML for a web
browser.

With CSS you can also bind directly to an XML element
with the ID attribute.  With that you may have a panel
with an ID attribute which you may want to style with
a specific color or font.  An ID could also identify a
button element and the CSS would define the width,
height and an image for the button.  Existing tools
for CSS may make it easier to create valid CSS
documents that work with SwixML.

A SwixML descriptor may default to certain settings
with the option to override with a custom CSS
document.  With the current XHTML standards, there are
fewer attributes allowed with the elements to allow
the markup language to control the strucuture while
the CSS controls the style.  It seems logical for
SwixML to evolve in the same way to provide more
control over the appearance of an application.

The practical motivation for using CSS is to increase
usability of SwixML applications.  A person who
requires large fonts with higher contrast to make text
more readable may choose an alternative stylesheet
which may help them.  Developers could create these
style alternatives or common stylesheets could be
provided for use with SwixML to provide consistency.

- Brennan

--- kate rhodes <[email protected]> wrote:
> CSS is for web pages... Swixml is for Swing GUIs...
> I don't see how the 
> two have any relation unless you're trying to make
> your Swixml files 
> look pretty when you pull them up in a web browser.
> 
> -Kate
> 
> 
> Satish Kumar wrote:
> 
> >hi 
> >
> >  Can I use swixml for XML file written with
> cascaded style sheet??
> >  I am not able to get the desired effect of CSS
> with XML.
> >  Could you please explain.
> >
> >  Thanking in advance
> >
> >Regards 
> >Satish Kumar
> >
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