RE: EvenOdd row help

Thanks for the responses. I'll probably try the "styles to be set as 
properties " method. This way I don't have to hard code the stype name.

steve





>From: "Mind Bridge" <[email protected]>
>To: "Steve G" 
><[email protected]>,<[email protected]>
>Subject: RE: [Tapestry-developer] EvenOdd row help
>Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2002 18:57:09 +0200
>
>
>Another approach is also to use the context addressing feature of CSS by
>surrounding the areas that need particular formatting with a separate CSS
>class.
>
>For example, you can do
>
><span class="dataset1">
>   <!-- the HTML code that uses class=even and class=odd goes here -->
></span>
>
>and
>
><span class="dataset2">
>   <!-- other HTML code that uses class=even and class=odd goes here -->
></span>
>
>You can then define the styles in the following way:
>
>.dataset1 .even { ... }
>.dataset1 .odd { ... }
>
>.dataset2 .even { ... }
>.dataset2 .odd { ... }
>
>In other words, even if you use a bean emitting even/odd, you can still
>define different appearances at different places using CSS -- the fixed
>class names are not a severe limitation.
>
>Of course, if you want the names to be different, modifying EvenOdd to 
>allow
>the styles to be set as properties and then using <set-property> or
><set-string-property> in the specification (see doc on helper beans) is
>certainly an option.
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: [email protected]
>[mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of
>Howard M. Lewis Ship
>Sent: Sunday, December 15, 2002 6:20 PM
>To: Steve G; [email protected]
>Subject: Re: [Tapestry-developer] EvenOdd row help
>
>
>Create a version of EvenOdd where you can specify the CSS class names in
>place of the default "even" and "odd".
>
>The point of helper beans is that they are tiny, easy and self-contained.
>We're talking 18 lines of code here!
>
>http://tapestry.sourceforge.net/doc/clover/net/sf/tapestry/bean/EvenOdd.html
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Steve G" <[email protected]>
>To: <[email protected]>
>Sent: Sunday, December 15, 2002 10:43 AM
>Subject: [Tapestry-developer] EvenOdd row help
>
>
> > Hi, I posted this message a few months back but I could not find the
> > response. I am starting to look into tapestry again for an upcoming
> > application and have a question regarding settings the class attribute 
>for
>a
> > row when using Foreach.
> >
> > I've looked at the Portal tutorial which uses the EvenOdd class to
> > accomplish this. Is there any other way of doing it? I don't like the 
>fact
> > that the style sheet class is specified in the java class. I would like
>the
> > designers to control this. Is there anyway to specifiy the style sheet
>class
> > used for the alternating row in the html source or component
>specification?
> > We have pages that use different CSS classes for the alternating rows
>which
> > depends on the dataset that we are outputting. For example, DataSetA 
>would
> > use "altrow1" and "altrow2" for the EvenOdd class attribute, and 
>DataSetB
> > would have "altrow3" and "altrow4" as the EvenOdd class attribute. Both
> > these datasets would be in the same page.
> >
> > thanks,
> > Steve
> >
> >
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