Re: Benefits of XUL with custom components

Mozilla xul uses xbl to create or extend components. This allows new 
tags to be defined and added dynamically without a change to the layout 
engine. The new tags are "attached" to a document through a stylesheet 
so the layout engine knows where to find the component definition. I 
understand there is a difference between mozilla xul and a java 
implementation as far as how the layout is done, but if the idea is to 
have a java implementation of xul, then it should stick to the standard 
as much as possible. My $.02.

Blake



On Monday, June 2, 2003, at 06:19 PM, Gerald Bauer wrote:

> Hi,
>
>> It seems like in my Application GUI work through
>> the years, custom/tweaked Java components always are
>> required.
>
>   I agree. Letting you plug-in your own widgets and
> use your own XUL tags is essential. Please, check out
> the petra download package, for plug-in examples.
>
>   I'm currently also working on making it easier to
> plug-in widgets. For example, I have some experimental
> code that lets you plug-in applets without any Java
> code so you can use them like built-in XUL tags.
> Example:
>
> <applet code="demo.hello.HelloApplet.class"
> width="300" height="100" >
>   <param name="greeting" value="Salve Roma" >
> </applet>
>
> becomes
>
> <hello greeting="Salve Roma" style="width: 300;
> height: 100" />	
>
> And here's the config entry:
>
> <appletdef name="hello" class="demo.hello.HelloApplet"
> />
>
> I hope to get out the new package soon.
>
>   - Gerald
>
>
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