Using custom EL validators without s:decorate

[chris.simons]

I've been working with s:decorate myself and have found the issue pertaining to s:decorate creating a
...I realize this might be fixed in the (near?) future.

However, can anyone tell me if EL validators (#invalid and #required) can be used outside of s:decorate?

I'm not exactly happy about the way s:decorate works, especially considering how there are integration issues using this feature along-side with IceFaces.

Therefore, could I use ui:decorate instead and still get custom EL validators?

Thanks.

P.S. To throw in my two cents regarding s:decorate; the addition of an AJAX-able DIV makes unit testing with tools like Selenium very difficult.

[pmuir]

No, they aren't - they are special constructs inside s:decorate.

There is an open JIRA issue for the ability to customise whether the div is output or not. Vote for it!

[chris.simons]

Pete,

I found several issues pertaining to s:decorate, including one for allowing the developer to style the outputted <div>, but I could not find the particular issue you speak of.  I would love to vote for it!

In fact, I would love to see this capability added.  Do you know if this going to be happening anytime soon?

Would you recommend that we make the modification ourself?  We're really hoping to use s:decorate without the <div>.

Thanks for your time.

[pmuir]

JBSEAM-1572 - this is a fairly easy fix - feel free to submit a fix :-)