Formating issue with <s:link> removing spaces

[jstockton]

For some reason using the <s:link /> component in the following example is overwriting my spacing. So that the following code:

<li>Add an <s:link view="/person.xhtml" value="Individual"/> or <s:link view="/group.xhtml" value="Group"/> constituent</li>

renders as:

Add anIndividual orGroup

<li>Add an<a href="/proj/person.seam?cid=283" id="j_id31">Individual</a> or<a href="/proj/group.seam?cid=283" id="j_id33">Group</a></li>

Notice that even though my code specifies spaces before <s:link /> when the JSF is transformed those spaces are gone.

Has anyone else seen this problem? I've tried searching the bug database haven't found anything yet so any help would be appreciative.

[mkiel]

Yes, I have always had the same problem. One possible workaround is to add #{' '} before every <s:link/> tag. Another would be to add a custom link component and tag which mimics the needed behaviour of <s:link/> but adds a space before the output. Since the same thing happens with other tags such as <h:outputLink/> this might be a general JSF issue.

[msznapka.martin.sznapka.gmail.com]

I am using:

text&#160;<s:link value="text"/>

[jstockton]

Thanks for the ideas. Neither is really an ideal solution and I have a hard time understanding how such a bug has not only come to exist but last for so long. I guess its just not a priority :(

[wondersonic.wondersonic.gmail.com]

Great, thanks for the hint.

However we are in 2009, and in Seam 2.1.1.GA I still encounter this problem. Has a Jira issue be created for this?

[danielc.roth]

I'm not sure it has to do with the s:link. The code for s:link starts by writing an <a ...> and ends with </a>. I haven't looked more into it, so I really can't tell where it happens. Could you try with s:button or h::outputLink to see if the space is removed?

[norman]

Yes, this is an issue with Facelets.  My understanding is that the correct way is exactly as suggested - use &#160;.