Positioning dynamically created element within custom compon
stevefchambers Sep 18, 2008 4:02 PMI have a custom component like below where I am creating several div's and then an HtmlCalender component. How do I make sure it is in a certain position within the html I am creating?
@Override public void encodeBegin( FacesContext context ) throws IOException { FacesContext currentInstance = FacesContext.getCurrentInstance(); Application app = FacesContext.getCurrentInstance().getApplication(); ResponseWriter writer = context.getResponseWriter(); writer.startElement( "div", this ); writer.writeAttribute( "width", new Integer(140), "width" ); writer.writeAttribute("id", getClientId(currentInstance), "id"); writer.startElement( "div", this ); writer.write( "Start" ); writer.endElement( "div" ); writer.startElement( "div", this ); writer.write( "Start Date" ); writer.startElement( "br",this ); writer.endElement( "br" ); HtmlCalendar calendar = (HtmlCalendar) app.createComponent( HtmlCalendar.COMPONENT_TYPE ); calendar.setPopup( true ); calendar.setShowApplyButton( true ); getChildren().add( calendar ); writer.endElement( "div" ); writer.startElement( "div", this ); writer.write( "Start After" ); writer.startElement( "br",this ); writer.endElement( "br" ); writer.startElement( "input", this ); writer.writeAttribute("name", "startAfter", "name"); writer.writeAttribute("type", "text", "type"); writer.writeAttribute("class", "table_text", "class"); writer.endElement( "input" ); writer.endElement( "div" ); writer.startElement( "div", this ); writer.write( "Don't Start After" ); writer.startElement( "br",this ); writer.endElement( "br" ); writer.startElement( "input", this ); writer.writeAttribute("name", "dontStartAfter", "name"); writer.writeAttribute("type", "text", "type"); writer.writeAttribute("class", "table_text", "class"); writer.endElement( "input" ); writer.endElement( "div" ); writer.startElement( "div", this ); writer.startElement( "font", this ); writer.writeAttribute("color", "#FF0000", "color"); writer.write( "* All times are local store time" ); writer.endElement( "font" ); writer.endElement( "div" ); writer.endElement( "div" ); writer.flush(); }
I would like it to show up right where I have the code right now. (Obviously it won't work this way) Is there anyway I can get it to be a certain position within the various html tags? Right now it is showing up last.
Steve