HTML tags in JSF

[Zein Nunna]

Hi guys,

I have a JSF page where I'm outputting some text into a dataList (Tomohawk) i.e. a result from a form submission. I want to be able to format the the output i.e. use the <br>, <a href...> or <p> html tag inside the dataList. However JSF doesn't seem to be recognising the html tags.

Hence I've used the <f:verbatim> to insert the <br> tag, see below

    
<h:outputLabel value = "Login"/>
<p>
<h:outputText value="#{user.loginName}"/> 
<br>
<h:outputText value="#{user.address}"/> 
<f:verbatim>
<br>
<a href="http://www....some link"> Link </a>
</f:verbatim>

Is the method correct, it seems to work.
What I dont want is for it to have repurcussions later on when my app becomes much more complex.

Thanks for your thoughts in advance, regards
Zein

[John Bartlett]

Got to ask why are you using html tags?

Why not instead of <a href="" /> use <h:commandLink />?

John

[Zein Nunna]

Ahh yes John that was an oversight. <a:href .... shouldn't have been there. My main issue was the <br>, if put that there without the <f:verbatim> tags, it is ignored. Hence my question in essence is <f:verbatim> really neccasary if I just want to put need a <br> or <p>?

I hope that makes sense, essentially I have a loop and after each iteration I need a gap between what is output hence <br> or <p>.

Thanks for your thoughts
Zein

[John Bartlett]

ah ok. have you tried <br /> and <p />?
[ June 08, 2007: Message edited by: John Bartlett ]