RE: Newbie questions
"Matt Raible" <lists-T7vlz3gD7BdF/EzeuO4KJwC/[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.comp.java.struts-menu.user |
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| Organization | Raible Designs, Inc. |
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See answers below. > -----Original Message----- > From: struts-menu-user-admin-TtF/[email protected] > [mailto:struts-menu-user-admin-TtF/[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Jesus Rodriguez > Sent: Monday, June 07, 2004 11:48 AM > To: struts-menu-user-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org > Subject: [struts-menu] Newbie questions > > > I'm looking at using struts menu in our application, but I > have several > questions I'm trying to answer. > > 1) Is it possible to extend the menu-config.xml file and add > new attributes? Yes, but you'll need to modify the MenuBase.java file to add getters and setters for you r new attributes. > > 2) Is JavaScript a requirement? I'm primarily interested in > tabbed menus so don't need the flashy stuff. No, if you use the Velocity Displayer - you'll have full control over all the code that's rendered. You can just spit out plain ol' HTML if that's what you choose. I use JavaScript in a lot of the menus because it's often easier to use it. > > 3) What's the heuristic for highlighting a menu item (tab in my case)? The most effective way is to do URL matching - where you try to match the current URL with URLs defined in menu-config.xml. I've done this with JavaScript for the most part - but I've also done it using VTL in a Velocity template. Another method is to use cookies. This is built into some displayers (i.e. Tabbed and List). I guess the question is - how would you normally do this if you weren't using Struts Menu and you just had a included menu.jsp file? Matt ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: GNOME Foundation Hackers Unite! GUADEC: The world's #1 Open Source Desktop Event. GNOME Users and Developers European Conference, 28-30th June in Norway http://2004/guadec.org