#children problems

>
> Can I configure callbacks in a subcomponent of a page
> (component) without sending #children?
>
> My problem is that I have a page with too many
> subcomponents (controls like ListBox's, TextField's,
> etc) and I've seen in order to set a callback I must
> implement #children in the page (component) answering
> these controls already created. I don't see another
> solution to this problem other than adding all the
> controls as instance variables which is a solution not
> elegant/convenient/feasible for me.

>
> On Oct 18, 2006, at 8:43 AM, Joseph Blatter wrote:
>
> >
> > Can I configure callbacks in a subcomponent of a
> page
> > (component) without sending #children?
> >
> > My problem is that I have a page with too many
> > subcomponents (controls like ListBox's,
> TextField's,
> > etc) and I've seen in order to set a callback I
> must
> > implement #children in the page (component)
> answering
> > these controls already created. I don't see
> another
> > solution to this problem other than adding all the
> > controls as instance variables which is a solution
> not
> > elegant/convenient/feasible for me.
>
> Are you sure they need to be components?  Anything
> can implement  
> #renderOn:, but only subclasses of WAComponent need
> to appear in  
> #children.  If you don't need the various methods
> and hooks  
> WAComponent provides (like #call:, #updateRoot:,
> #updateUrl:), then  
> your controls can be simple subclasses of Object
> instead.
>
> Avi
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>
> On Oct 18, 2006, at 12:45 PM, Joseph Blatter wrote:
>
> > I'd need my controls to be components because I
> want
> > to attach a custom css style to each control. I've
> > tested your suggestion but I've seen the renderer
> take
> > the style from the childrens
> > (WARenderer>>buildDocRoot), making impossible to
> get
> > my custom styles ever called.
> >
> > So it's still possible to get the #style called
> being
> > a control not a children of the page?
>
> I'd recommend against doing anything dynamic with
> CSS.  In fact, I'd  
> recommend against using #style at all.  Instead, set
> up a static  
> stylesheet somewhere that has a CSS class for each
> possibility, and  
> dynamically assign the right class to your controls.
>  If you really  
> need to do something like compute a width, use a
> style attribute  
> (html div style: 'width: 100px'; ...).
>
> Does that help?
>
> Avi
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